4
Seasons

51
Episodes

When the Boat Comes In (1976)

Name: When the Boat Comes In
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 1976-01-08

Running Time

4
Seasons

51
Episodes

Plot.

A former Army sergeant returns home to an economically depressed Gallowshields in Tyneside at the end of World War One. But this sergeant always lands on his feet..

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Details.

Release Date
January 8, 1976

Status
Ended

Seasons
4

Episodes
51

Running Time
1h

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Scripted

Wiki.

When the Boat Comes In is a British television period drama produced by the BBC between 1976 and 1981. Across the whole series, events are set in the time period from 1919 to 1937. The series stars James Bolam as Jack Ford, a First World War veteran who returns to his poverty-stricken (fictional) town of Gallowshield in the North East of England. The series dramatises the interwar political struggles of the 1920s and 1930s and explores the impact of national and international politics upon Ford and the people around him.