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When the Boat Comes In
When the Boat Comes In
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When the Boat Comes In

1976–1981
Created byJames Mitchell
4 Seasons
51 Episodes

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.

CAST
James BolamJack FordJames GarbuttBill SeatonJean HeywoodBella SeatonJohn NightingaleTom SeatonEdward WilsonBilly SeatonMalcolm TerrisMatt HeadleySusan JamesonJessie SeatonMadelaine NewtonDolly MatherBasil HensonSir Horatio Manners
DETAILS
GENRES
Drama
STATUSEnded
RATING
7.7
NETWORK
BBC One
EPISODES
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