TV Show Details
Air Date:January 8th, 1976
Last Air Date:April 21st, 1981
Network:BBC One
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
When the Boat Comes In (1976-1981)
BBC One
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Plot
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.
