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Series
When the Boat Comes In
GB
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.
Seasons & Episodes
E1
A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots
1976-01-08
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E2
Say Hello... Say Tirra
1976-01-15
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E3
Fish in Woolly Jumpers
1976-01-22
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E4
Swords and Pick Handles
1976-01-29
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E5
Coal Comfort
1976-02-05
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E6
Empire Day on the Slag Heap
1976-02-12
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E7
A First Time for Everything
1976-02-19
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E8
Paddy Boyle's Discharge
1976-02-26
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E9
Angel on Horseback
1976-03-03
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E10
King for a Day
1976-03-11
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E11
Happy New Year, Some Say
1976-03-18
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E12
Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
1976-03-25
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E13
Kind-Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt
1976-04-01
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E1
Ask for Tuppence, Take a Penny
1976-10-29
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E2
Tram Ride to the Bluebell
1976-11-05
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E3
A Pillowful of Buttercups
1976-11-12
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E4
Roubles for the Promised Land
1976-11-19
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E5
Some Bulbs to Keep the Garden Bright
1976-11-26
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E6
God & Love & Wellesley Street
1976-12-03
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E7
Whatever Made You Think the War Was Over
1976-12-10
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E8
Ladies, Women, Sweethearts & Wives
1976-12-17
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E9
After the Bonfire
1977-01-07
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E10
A Wreath with Our Names On
1977-01-14
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E11
The Way It Was in Murmansk
1977-01-21
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E12
In the Front Line You Get Shot At
1977-01-28
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E13
The Simple Pleasures of the Rich
1977-01-04
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E1
A House Divided
1977-09-08
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E2
A Tiger, a Lamb and a Basket of Fruit
1977-09-15
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E3
My Bonnie Lass, Goodbye
1977-09-22
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E4
A Ticket To Care For The Wounded
1977-09-29
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E5
Travel Light, Travel Far
1977-10-06
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E6
Requiem For A Loser
1977-10-13
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E7
Debts Owed, Debts Paid
1977-10-20
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E8
The Empire Builders
1977-10-27
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E9
Look Up & See The Sky
1977-11-03
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E10
Letters From Afar
1977-11-10
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E11
The Father Of Lies
1977-11-17
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E12
Diamond Cut Diamond
1977-11-24
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E13
A Marriage & A Massacre
1977-12-01
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E14
High Life & Hunger
1977-12-08
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E15
Please Say Goodbye Before You Go
1977-12-15
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E1
Back To Dear Old Blighty
1981-02-17
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E2
A Gift From Heaven
1981-02-24
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E3
A Medal For The Argentine
1977-03-03
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E4
Flies & Spiders
1981-03-10
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E5
Oh, My Charming Billy Boy
1981-03-17
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E6
Friends, Romans, Countrymen
1981-03-24
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E7
The Bright Young Things
1981-03-31
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E8
Action!
1981-04-07
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E9
Comrades in Arms
1981-04-14
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E10
Roll of Honour
1981-04-21
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Production
