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When the Boat Comes In

Year: 1976
Seasons: 4
Type: TV Series
Genre: Drama

Overview

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 First World War veteran 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
EP 1 A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots
Say Hello... Say Tirra
EP 2 Say Hello... Say Tirra
Fish in Woolly Jumpers
EP 3 Fish in Woolly Jumpers
Swords and Pick Handles
EP 4 Swords and Pick Handles
Coal Comfort
EP 5 Coal Comfort
Empire Day on the Slag Heap
EP 6 Empire Day on the Slag Heap
A First Time for Everything
EP 7 A First Time for Everything
Paddy Boyle's Discharge
EP 8 Paddy Boyle's Discharge
Angel on Horseback
EP 9 Angel on Horseback
King for a Day
EP 10 King for a Day
Happy New Year, Some Say
EP 11 Happy New Year, Some Say
Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
EP 12 Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
Kind-Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt
EP 13 Kind-Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

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