When the Boat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In

4 seasons · 1976 · Ended

★★★★★3.9
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.

Episodes

A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots
S01 · E01 A Land Fit for Heroes and IdiotsJanuary 8, 1976
Say Hello... Say Tirra
S01 · E02 Say Hello... Say TirraJanuary 15, 1976
Fish in Woolly Jumpers
S01 · E03 Fish in Woolly JumpersJanuary 22, 1976
Swords and Pick Handles
S01 · E04 Swords and Pick HandlesJanuary 29, 1976
Coal Comfort
S01 · E05 Coal ComfortFebruary 5, 1976
Empire Day on the Slag Heap
S01 · E06 Empire Day on the Slag HeapFebruary 12, 1976
A First Time for Everything
S01 · E07 A First Time for EverythingFebruary 19, 1976
Paddy Boyle's Discharge
S01 · E08 Paddy Boyle's DischargeFebruary 26, 1976
Angel on Horseback
S01 · E09 Angel on HorsebackMarch 3, 1976
King for a Day
S01 · E10 King for a DayMarch 11, 1976
Happy New Year, Some Say
S01 · E11 Happy New Year, Some SayMarch 18, 1976
Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
S01 · E12 Heads You Win, Tails I LoseMarch 25, 1976
Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt
S01 · E13 Kind Hearted Rat with a LifebeltApril 1, 1976

Cast

James Bolam
James BolamJack Ford
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