When the Boat Comes In (1976)
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.
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Seasons
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
Season 4
Episodes season 1
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1x1
A land fit for heroes and idiots
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1x2
Say hello... say tirra
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1x3
Fish in woolly jumpers
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1x4
Swords and pick handles
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1x5
Coal comfort
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1x6
Empire day on the slag heap
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1x7
A first time for everything
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1x8
Paddy boyle's discharge
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1x9
Angel on horseback
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1x10
King for a day
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1x11
Happy new year, some say
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1x12
Heads you win, tails i lose
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1x13
Kind-hearted rat with a lifebelt
Episodes season 2
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2x1
Ask for tuppence, take a penny
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2x2
Tram ride to the bluebell
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2x3
A pillowful of buttercups
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2x4
Roubles for the promised land
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2x5
Some bulbs to keep the garden bright
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2x6
God & love & wellesley street
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2x7
Whatever made you think the war was over
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2x8
Ladies, women, sweethearts & wives
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2x9
After the bonfire
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2x10
A wreath with our names on
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2x11
The way it was in murmansk
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2x12
In the front line you get shot at
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2x13
The simple pleasures of the rich
Episodes season 3
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3x1
A house divided
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3x2
A tiger, a lamb and a basket of fruit
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3x3
My bonnie lass, goodbye
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3x4
A ticket to care for the wounded
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3x5
Travel light, travel far
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3x6
Requiem for a loser
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3x7
Debts owed, debts paid
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3x8
The empire builders
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3x9
Look up & see the sky
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3x10
Letters from afar
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3x11
The father of lies
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3x12
Diamond cut diamond
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3x13
A marriage & a massacre
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3x14
High life & hunger
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3x15
Please say goodbye before you go
Episodes season 4
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4x1
Back to dear old blighty
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4x2
A gift from heaven
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4x3
A medal for the argentine
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4x4
Flies & spiders
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4x5
Oh, my charming billy boy
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4x6
Friends, romans, countrymen
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4x7
The bright young things
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4x8
Action!
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4x9
Comrades in arms
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4x10
Roll of honour
