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When the Boat Comes In
Created byJames Mitchell
StarringJames Bolam
Susan Jameson
James Garbutt
Jean Heywood
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes51 (List of Episodes)
Production
Running time50 mins
Production companyBBC Television
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release8 January 1976 (1976-01-08) –
21 April 1981 (1981-04-21)
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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.

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of Sarah Headley (née Lytton) in the 1970s and 1980s BBC television drama When the Boat Comes In. Bailey has appeared in numerous British television drama...

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