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When the Boat Comes In

50m4 SeasonsTMDb 7.7

Drama

EnglishEnded

1 · A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

2 · Say Hello... Say Tirra

3 · Fish in Woolly Jumpers

4 · Swords and Pick Handles

5 · Coal Comfort

6 · Empire Day on the Slag Heap

7 · A First Time for Everything

8 · Paddy Boyle's Discharge

9 · Angel on Horseback

10 · King for a Day

11 · Happy New Year, Some Say

12 · Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

13 · Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

Crew and Cast

James MitchellCreatorJames BolamJames BolamJack Ford
James GarbuttBill SeatonJean HeywoodJean HeywoodBella SeatonJohn NightingaleJohn NightingaleTom SeatonEdward WilsonEdward WilsonBilly SeatonMalcolm TerrisMalcolm TerrisMatt HeadleySusan JamesonSusan JamesonJessie Seaton
Madelaine NewtonDolly SeatonBasil HensonBasil HensonSir Horatio Manners
Rosalind BaileySarah Lytton
Geoffrey RoseArthur AshtonWilliam FoxWilliam FoxDuke of BedlingtonPhyllida LawPhyllida LawJudy LoeJudy Loe
Michael MeliaClive MerrisonClive MerrisonMel MartinMel MartinJane Martin

Storyline

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.

  • BBC

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
8 January 1976
Last aired
21 April 1981
TMDB score
7.7 / 10 (3 votes)

Production

Created by
James Mitchell
Studios
BBC
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC One

Episodes

Seasons
4
Episodes
51
Runtime
50m
Type
Scripted
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English