Fire Down Below

S1 E3: As the decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove the passengers are suffering badly from the motion of the damaged ship which has been blown off course. Edmund is given the task of persuading the irascible Captain Anderson to find a smoother route. Unless their speed is increased, they may all starve before the ship reaches its destination. Lieutenant Benét proposes a risky solution to their broken foremast, but Summers is convinced it will destroy them. The injured Mr Prettiman gives a shocking mission to Edmund, who is torn by divided loyalties and whose every assumption is challenged in this final part of William Golding’s prize winning sea trilogy.