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When the Boat Comes In

7.7 IMDb tt0074072 1976 Drama

When the Boat Comes In is a British television period drama produced by the BBC between 8 January 1976 and 21 April 1981. Taking place between 1919 to 1937, Jack Ford is a veteran of The Great War who returns to his poverty-stricken (fictional) town of Gallowshield in the North East of England. It dramatises the interwar political struggles of the 1920s and 1930s, and explores the impact of national and international politics upon Ford and those around him.

Cast

James Bolam

A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots 50m 1919: Jack Ford returns to Gallowshields on Tyneside after service in the Great War. He befriends the Seaton…

Say Hello... Say Tirra

Say Hello... Say Tirra 50m Billy, Tom and old army pal Matt try to involve Jack in the Labour movement but he seems…

Fish in Woolly Jumpers

Fish in Woolly Jumpers 50m Times are hard as the miners strike over a pay claim and Tom, now married with a son…

Swords and Pick Handles

Swords and Pick Handles 50m Jack visits Sir Horatio Manners, father of his late commanding officer, to gift him a sword. Manners knows…

Coal Comfort

Coal Comfort 50m As the strike continues, Bill approaches an old friend, regarding the location of a mine shut down fifty…

Empire Day on the Slag Heap

Empire Day on the Slag Heap 50m The strike ends with no concessions won by the colliers. Jack triumphs at the factory and Manners suggests…

A First Time for Everything

A First Time for Everything 50m Encouraged by French onion seller Pierre, Bella turns the front of the house into a shop, using some…

Paddy Boyle's Discharge

Paddy Boyle's Discharge 50m Mary dies. Jack is in a pub when he meets old army colleague Sid Hepburn, still a professional…

Angel on Horseback

Angel on Horseback 50m Nurse Rosie Trotter returns to Gallowshields and is mutually attracted to Tom, though, out of respect for Mary,…

King for a Day

King for a Day 50m Dolly is pregnant and Jack jobless so he agrees to a proposition from Manners, who wants to buy…

Happy New Year, Some Say

Happy New Year, Some Say 50m It is New Year's Eve and Glaswegian socialist lecturer Sandy Lewis joins Jack, whom he tells that the…

Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

Heads You Win, Tails I Lose 50m To the annoyance of her husband, Jessie has been nominated for the Labour Party executive and Jack antagonises…

Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt 50m Tom is caught and remanded. Jack becomes the deputy branch secretary of the union, getting the miners on…

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