When the Boat Comes In

When the Boat Comes In

1976 · 4 seasons · 51 eps · ★ 7.7 · Drama

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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.

Created by James Mitchell

Network: BBC One

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James Bolam Jack Ford
James Garbutt Bill Seaton
Jean Heywood Bella Seaton
John Nightingale Tom Seaton
Edward Wilson Billy Seaton
Malcolm Terris Matt Headley
Susan Jameson Jessie Ashton
Madelaine Newton Dolly Seaton
Basil Henson Sir Horatio Manners
Rosalind Bailey Sarah Lytton
Geoffrey Rose Arthur Ashton
William Fox Duke of Bedlington

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