I remember watching Howard's Way back in the 80's .I think it shows just how TV has changed from those days of pure class, excellent script writers, good strong story line and of course top class actors. I have no comment to make about TV entertainment today!!

So sad that the very talented and handsome Tony Anholt died so young. What an amazing actor he was, Bond material for sure.

I've just come to the end of my Howardfest, just brilliant. Just so sad that so many of the cast are no longer with us, in particular the wonderful Tony Anholt who was just superb as Charles Frere. Thank you so much for these postings, I have enjoyed them immensely.

Addicted to Howard’s Way it has been brilliant .

It's quite sad watching the last episode, it really was the end of an era

Thank you I was an extra on the show and the whole cast made me feel so welcome thank you again

I watched Howards Way back in the 80s from the start ,and I just watched it all again I really I loved this series

Just what a superb show so badly missed by all us fans.Ken Masters a legend and an inspiration to all us cockney wideboys!

Just an absolutely brilliant series, watched this series many times. Loved it way back and now.

Thanks for putting this lovely show on KZfaq. Watched it all those years ago, and it was great watching it again.

Got totally immersed for the third time. Loved it in the eighties and it has stood the test of time surprisingly well. I couldn't keep up with all the business plotting and shareholder shenanigans as it did get ridiculously convoluted at times, but it's a brilliantly entertaining series and thank you Leisurecruise for uploading. Truly outstanding acting throughout from the wonderful Gerald (Ivor Danvers) who brought such warmth and humanity to his role. I also enjoyed his scenes with Polly. I missed her in the last series and hoped for a final showdown (or reconciliation?) between her and Jan, but it wasn't to be.

Dear LC We have enjoyed watching these over the past few months. So glad Ken got Leisure Cruise back and Charles is going to find happiness at last. Poor Leo though. Thank you to LC for uploading these. We loved the comments too. Really sad these are over.

The best ever ! - cannot be surpassed - memories of the fabulous 80s .

Found these during lockdown...it's been brilliant reviewing them...brings back memories of the 80s 90s ...thank you so much for taking the time to upload them here for us to enjoy . Maybe they will get round to making a ...where are they now catch up ...show...I saw there was talk of it happening...so you never know.

The quality of this continuing show over the time period it was on was phenomenal, it literally summed up how the BBC during that decade at least then was still a measure of spending money but spending it wisely and putting heart and soul into something which turned out to be Howards Way. Just superb cast, acting and gave everyone a dose of the 80's American style dramas but in a very British setting that everything combined made this so special back then and even though was made all those decades back, is easy to watch again now and it still holds up. Cause as said everyone cast and many other unseen faces involved put everything into it and why will always be much cherished. The ones who are no longer with us, we will forever remember them and thankful for their supreme contribution over those years it was on our screens!!

Brilliant watching. Missed out on a lot of the episodes when it first came out. So glad to watch all the series. The clothes and design were beautiful. Also interesting to see shots on Malta in some episodes. I thought Howard's Way was left unfinished. Poor Leo for being a true gentleman and trusting Abbey with his son. She was quite an difficult character who couldn't make up her mind and in the end inheriting all that money went to her head. Would love BBC to continue where this series left off....

Words fail me..! What a beautiful end to the season. I watched a brief part of season 1 in the country where I grew up and was sold. I just searched and found the 6 seasons on the internet and have watched it over the last few months. Sad to lose Maurice C (Tom Howard) in season 5. It’s a massive shift though from season 1 where Avril Rolf and Abi looked very subdued and insecure to the final seasons when they became total divas. Also the narrative shifted from a general family adapting to changes of life to boardroom and shares and takeovers etc. It was hard to keep up with who was buying what. But overall a lovely series and could not have had a better ending. Thanks for posting.

I was 15 and had no interest in sailing when the first episode broadcast but I've binge-watched the whole lot in a matter of weeks and loved it. Now I know why my mum was glued all those years ago! I don't think it needed another series though, it all ties up nicely. Abby will become her mother and. go on to live a bitter and sad life; pouty Leo gets it together with Jolly Hockey Sticks Jenny; Ken Masters is the man; Charles finds peace; Jan remains neurotic; Kate will continue to be a terrible actress, and Jack leaves quietly with the love of his life. Perfect.

They were better times than they are now Life was simple

brilliant the theme music gets me everytime!

I feel bereaved! I loved this series so much.

Only just found these on the tube. A wonderful trip down memory lane for me. I was the designer on the show, you will see my name on the end credits. Great memories, on that last day of shooting I met the lady who was to become my wife. Met her there in that marque in the boat yard. Thanks for keeping the memories alive!

Thank you much LC for this show I lost my man of 33 yrs to cancer & this show has made my days a bit easier I hope someday I can visit your country !! Debra

Thanks LC. 2nd time of viewing for me. Reminds me of my childhood, sailing in the Solent! I live just up the road from the Jolly Sailor, and the Leisure Cruise offices!! Thanks once again!!

I shall be missing the series Howards way on the tv I have enjoyed watching it again as it was one of my dad's favourite programmes

Always thought a nice touch was Jan about to raise a glass at the every end to missing Maurice Colbourne (Tom Howard Actor) after he passed in mid-1989. Plus Leo (Edward Highmore) is the dad of Freddie Highmore who went on to act in Charlie Chocolate Factory, Bates Motel and now The Good Doctor.

Just binge watched 6 years of this classic over two weeks. Enjoyed it in the 80’s, even better second round. Cast in order of preference. 1. Charles 2. Gerald 3. Jack 4. Ken 5. Avril 6. Tom 7. Bill 8. Sir John 9. Jan 10. Leo Notable omissions - 1. Abby 2. Laura 3. Polly 4. Robert 5. All those using fake French accents

Great programme, just watched the rerun on Drama TV. Lovely part of country. Ken Masters jackets and dress sense was something to be believed! Cross between camp and flash! Sad that many of the actors no longer with us😅

Just watched the final episode - your full series has kept me occupied for the last three weeks at every available chance I have ha to watch. Thoroughly enjoyed the time. Many, many thanks for all your efforts. You are a star!

Very enjoyable, but I do feel that they messed up the ending. Ken should have been with Jan, Charles reunited with Avril and Gerald should have proposed to Leo..

What a great journey, never did know how it ended. However it does leave a lot of unanswered questions. Enjoyed every minute and such a dedication for you Steve to keep going. A brilliant BBC series maybe they should do a follow up and see where the script writers take the cast. Thanks a million!!!! CJ

Thanks a lot Steve; I appreciate the time and effort. So much more enjoyable this time around with an adult head. Right, off to the Jolly Sailor!

Thank you so much for the huge effort it must have taken to upload the entire 6 series. I have enjoyed watching it all over again. Take care and kind regards, Andrew.

To Steve LC...thanks very much for uploading this. I have just spent last few weeks watching these and realised that I missed a lot of episodes first time round. Excellent job you have done. Cheers.

Very enjoyable rewatch. What I liked most was Jack Rolfe's open-minded approach to boatbuilding; as the great man himself often says "plastic, wood, fibreglass.....who cares?! A boat's a boat for all that"

I've just finished watching all 6 series over a period of about a year. Thank you. It's amazing!

Delighted to have caught the series on Drama. Sad that so many of the cast are no longer with us.

Watched the series when it first came on screen in 1986. Brilliant! Great to watch it again.Thanks for uploading.

wish they would show these again. blast from the past. loved this programme

Thanks for posting all these, its 2020 and I really enjoyed watching these again during lockdown

awwwwww! Saw it when it first aired. Just binged watched every episode. Loved it. A masterpiece. Thanks for uploading it!

we were actuallythere, with an old Wooden Alan Buchanan 38 sloop called Sinbad on a mooring at Deacons, next to the Elephant/Mermaid yard. I well remember getting chucked off our mooring down to Universal Shipyard for several weeks whilst they filled the place with yuppies, dressed in white sailing boots, rugby, shirts, huge dark glasses and funny hairdoo's

thank you soooo very much for posting each & every episode...I have just discovered this little gem of a series down under...& watched the lot in just under 3 weeks....what a sheer delight ...thanx again

Thankyou so much for Uploading Howards Way, I started watching this as a child but kept missing Episodes. But now thanks to you I have been able to watch it from start to finish. Thanks again. Harry. 31 / 08 / 2014

Thank you Steve. Really enjoyed the retro 80s journey. It reminded me of my childhood. Many thanks.

I am fed up with covid and 2020 so I think I am going to settle down and watch Howards way a bit of fantasy is good for the sole

Just finished watching. I saw the first few series as a teenager but loved watching all of it again. Thanks

Well, I’ve just completed watching the entire series, thank you so much for posting it. I watched it on TV back in the 80s and got hooked but I must’ve missed a few episodes, and now I’ve filled in all the gaps. I was hooked all over again, to the extent that I was getting some stick for neglecting everything else… I was getting through 2 hours a day 😂 This was, and is, a superb series, capturing the heady days of the 80s. Drama, triumph, despair, intrigue, power, passion, naked ambition, and marked also by real life tragedy, it had it all. On a rather sobering note, it brings home the passing of time; I grew up thinking the elderly all dressed in tweed and were quaintly old fashioned and traditional… in my childhood that’s what they were. Here we have these trendy colourful characters, heralding the advent of mobile phones and desktop computers etc, not so very different to us… and not only have several of them already sadly passed away, most of those who are still with us are now in their eighties. Hard to believe. Well, I’ve had my fix for now, but I expect I will be back for more from time to time 👍👍👍

Still want to visit beautiful hamble. Thanks for these.

great memories of primary school in the mid 80's when this was aired, so long ago.

Many thanks Steve for taking the time and effort to post this wonderful series. Been avidly viewing and cant believe that we've reached the end :-( I remember my mum and late grandmother watching the series, back when I was a kid, so thanks for making it possible for me to appreciate it too twenty years later. Much obliged. Regards Paul

Thanks so much for this.Believe it or not I was serving in the regiment (22 SAS} when this came out and everyone took the Mickey as I would not go out on the booze until i had watched the original t v series.Memory Lane is so much better than civi Street.Thanks again.

Working outside UK, I missed 'em all first time round but have binge watched over the past week. Many thanks to the OP. Most enjoyable.

Thanks for a very watchable series of Howards Way

Second complete run through for me on your channel. Thanks so much. This was a truly great TV series and should have continued. The end was rather unsatisfactory but I guess they had to leave the door open in case they revived the show. A great shame they didn't because there's been nothing to match it since. Not even close.

Just to echo all the other comments, thanks for taking the time and trouble to upload all 6 series. It's very much appreciated, nothing like a good binge on nostalgia to lift the spirits.

Superb. Watched the whole lot.

Loved seeing it all again. I was a big fan back in the day. Damn it Charles !! 😄

Ken is a National treasure 🤣

have just finished the entire run, brilliant! many thanks for uploading!

Thanks so very very much for this Steve. I feel i can call you Steve now as i have been on a very long journey with you. It was fantastic and so very nostalgic. What dedication. Best Wishes. Irene.

Life looked great back then 😊

Thank you Steve. We've just finished watching and my other half was in tears. I used to sail the area and drink at The Jolly Sailor. Proud Lady (Spray 2?) was my own boat at one time and watching her again tugged at my heartstrings. Wonderful memories, wonderful series.

Hi Steve - just a quick note to say thanks for all of your hard work uploading these. I've just spend the last 3 weeks watching every episode (It's been quiet at work :) ) Not quite sure what I'll do now, but just wanted to let you know your endeavours have been much appreciated!

@leisurecruise just give me a date and time Steve - as long as its a weekend. Again many thanks for all your efforts. So long fellow HW fans.

bring back so many memories

I very much enjoyed that, many thanks, I used to watch it back in the day in the 80 s. I have many taped on video from the telly. I never caught the end. Thank you again. Kind regards. Gérard.

Well and truly love and hate this last episode I'm afraid..Howards Way was in league of its own, really wish the BBC would bring it back soon, even though many of these great actors have passed on. Let Jan Harvey and Stephen Yardley bring Tarrant back to life I say :)

Used to watch this every Sunday night when tv was good then tv now is rubbish on a Sunday this was quality Sunday night tv followed by wickers world and that's life

Thanks Steve for uploading. My life will be empty and meaningless now there are no more episodes to watch! I think the ending was timely - the plot was getting more and more convoluted and it was good to see some resolution at the end. Mind you it would be kind of interesting to know what Charles Freers next step in business would have been...

Thankyou, thankyou. An excellent couple of years! I'm going to have to take up chess now!

Watching Howards way again on the brilliant drama channel ,yes I agree he was in space 1999, and the protectors which both a still showing now as well as Howard's way

Ken Masters, a god amongst men ;)

Wow, it's really over! :( I can't believe there's actually a real Jolly Sailor! So cool! I'd love to go there sometime when I'm in England. Cheers for all the uploads-I've loved it!!

I had a mooch down the mermaid and the jolly last weekend.. excellent 😀

Dearly beloved, I regret to inform that Ken's researches have hit the buffers, and he's utterly thrilled.

I agree they should have done some more episodes. What happened to Charles and Lynne. Did Leo and Jenny end up together and did Leo get his son back from that repulsive Abby. Perhaps a next generation series could have been considered or still could be.

The final scene where Jan looks left to empty space where Tom should have been.Looks like a young Susanna Reid in yacht, she acted a bit in her younger days

Loved the dude with the tan and the shades

Still, after all these years, richly rewarding viewing - with emphasis on the "rich"! On a lighter note, has anyone computed which episode, taken from the complete saga, holds the record for the most backstabbings?

Game, set and match to Ken

cheers mate been a good one enjoyed the whole series all of them thanks again for uploading them you can rest now kindest regards steve

very nice last episode,huge thx to LC oop i mean Steve,ty so much for putting this great series on,no idea if your still around but if you are we need a new date for a group meet in the jolly sailer

I always miss Tom

Fantastic ending not a dry eye in the house!

Steve - a very big thank you all the way from Tokyo Japan. I wish I could also join you in the Jolly Sailor... Take care and a well deserved rest.

Thanks a lot for that. I'm heading towards 60 now and never did see much beyond Series 2 - always wondered what happened. Pity when you realise that most of the cast are dead now RIP. Regards Mick

Greetings to all HW fans across the world. Just finished revisiting this highly entertaining (even though not always well written, with annoying gaps in continuity, baffling plots, slapdash directing and some rather indifferent acting!) series and big thanks to LC for uploading it. The first time I watched it on BBC all those years ago I was quite captivated by the story of Leo and Abby and was very angry with the scriptwriters for making Abby seem a total cow. But I still believe that, had the series continued, the final outcome could have somehow brought these two together again - slowly and painfully, but eventually for good. After all, somewhere half way through the series, Abby states quite resolutely that her plan is to spend the rest of her life with Leo. So what happened? I really think there was supposed to be more to the story than we were allowed to see. I cannot resist imagining something like a collapse of the Hudson empire and Abby's return to England. I still believe the aim of the last series was to prepare the viewers for more twists and surprises. Pity there was no follow up.

They should have made it so Ken got Frere holdings aswell

Am watching again .

06:13 Ken knew he’d messed up big time with Jan after that Leo incident.

Very good

Strangely, Ken finds himself in the doghouse at this moment in time. Oh dear, what can the matter be? Memory escapes me.

And if you're ever in N. Wales and fancy a sail, give me a shout.

The end with Jan and sadly no Tom whom I'm sure she was mean't to have rekindled with 😥

These days the lot of em would all be btl landlords .

My favourite is charles Frere and Lynn dupont inthe first and six series

All filmed in n around the solent

@LeisureCruise HOW ARE YOU? Did you have a goood Christmas and NYE? All the best from your virtual friend in Sydney....

I've just done a 'binge' watching of most of them.... and did love Sir Edward. Brilliant acting and I thought a very sympathetic character, whereas Jan very nasty also at times. (and would she then get together with Robert, I wonder.) So thanks for uploading. And I agree: I would love to know if the nasty Abby turncoat got her comeuppance at last with all that money and stealing Thomas. so thanks again for uploading: this was great for someone without a TV!!!