Harry Caines (Peter McEnery) moves to the small (fictional) port of Wrelling on the Dorset coast to take up his new appointment as Surveyor (the head of the HM Customs and Excise team in the district). He is determined to shake up the office and implement innovations to improve efficiency and run a first-rate operation at the Customs House.
Tom Gibbons (Michael Billington) desperately wanted the Surveyor’s job in order to save his self-respect and his marriage.
Debuting on Saturday 1 March 1986, this BBC1 drama series was filmed on location in Weymouth and at the fine Georgian Customs House in Poole.
Harry Caines
Peter McEnery Tom Gibbons
Michael Billington Charles Thieron
Pierre Vaneck Calvin Sampson
Jack McKenzie Alyson Bentley
Lois Butlin Bruce Tomlin
William Whymper Nigel Markham
Robert Burbage Sue Gibbons
Karen Drury Jack Langley
Roy Purcell Helen Langley
Jennifer Daniel
Episodes
Diversions| Go For Gold | Swings and Roundabouts | The Great Ice-cream War | Major Barclay’s Last Stand | Uncommon Market | The Dog it Was … | Rare Bird | Cover Up | Touch and Go
Tom Gibbons (Michael Billington) desperately wanted the Surveyor’s job in order to save his self-respect and his marriage.
