When the Boat Comes In

1976•2 series•Entertainment / Drama

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Jack Ford, a First World War veteran, returns to his poverty-stricken town of Gallowshield in north-eastern England. Members of the local community navigate workplace struggles, political changes and transformations in the inter-war period.

Episode 1A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

Former Army sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family cope with the aftermath of WWI; Ford is now determined to make something of himself in this brave new world. S1E1: A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

Episode 2Say Hello...Say Tirra

Bella takes in a young boy whose mother has died; when he steals 10 shillings, Father Keenley arranges for the boy to be sent on an emigration scheme to Australia. S1 E2: Say Hello...Say Tirra

Episode 3Fish in Woolly Jumpers

Times are hard as the miners strike; Jack has money and is now engaged to Jessie, but Tom threatens to expose him when he sleeps with the widowed sister of a war comrade. S1 E3: Fish in Woolly Jumpers

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