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When the Boat Comes In
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 …
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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.
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Season 1
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Season 2
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Season 3
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Season 4
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Cast
James BolamJack Ford
James GarbuttBill Seaton
Jean HeywoodBella Seaton
John NightingaleTom Seaton
Edward WilsonBilly Seaton
Malcolm TerrisMatt Headley
Susan JamesonJessie Seaton · Jessie Ashton
Madelaine NewtonDolly Mather · Dolly Seaton
Basil HensonSir Horatio Manners
Rosalind BaileySarah Lytton · Sarah Headley
Geoffrey RoseArthur Ashton
William FoxDuke of Bedlington
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