When the Boat Comes In

Name: When the Boat Comes In
Genre: Drama
Released: 1976-01-08
Cast: James Bolam

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Drama

Creator:James Mitchell

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.

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StatusEnded

First AiredJanuary 8, 1976

Last AiredApril 21, 1981

Episode Runtime50dk

Seasons4

Episodes51

TypeScripted

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

war veteran world war i poverty period drama newcastle, england 1920s 1910s 1930s north east england workplace politics

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S4 E10 • 4/21/1981

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Jack learns that Scott-Palliser plans to have him arrested for gun-running, so he sends Tania home and gets the ship's captain to put ashore elsewhere to avoid the Nationalist gunboat, taking steward Raoul Savory with him. Jessie's shocked to discover that Scott-Palliser has been financed by Stalin's government and plans to give the guns to the Communists and not the Socialists, whom he sees as traitors. Whilst keeping it from him, she and Jack reminisce of old times. Raoul, however, learns of Scott-Palliser's deceit and diverts the Communist convoy, though Scott-Palliser escapes. Jack, Jessie, Billy and Raoul outrun Franco's Moorish cavalry to get the guns to the Socialists but Scott-Palliser lies in wait for Jack.