When the Boat Comes In

First Aired in 1976

This gritty Northern period drama, set in Gallowshields on Tyneside between the World Wars, follows the struggles of former sergeant Jack Ford and the Seaton family as they deal with the aftermath of the Great War, the great depression of the 1920s, trade union activists and an uncaring society.

Ford has had his fill of struggle in the trenches and is now determined to make something of himself in the brave new world. In the event, he uses cunning, guile, and an enormous degree of cynicism to make and lose two fortunes and any number of friends...

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Episodes:

Season 1:
1. A Land Fit For Heroes And Idiots
2. Say Hello.. Say Tirra
3. Fish In Woolly Jumpers
4. Swords and Pick Handles
5. Coal Comfort
6. Empire day on the slag heap
7. A first time for everything
8. Paddy Boyle's Discharge
9. Angel on horsebak
10. King for a day
11. Happy new year, some say
12. Heads you win, tails I lose
13. Kind hearted rat with a lifebelt

Season 2:
1. Ask For Tuppence, Take A Penny
2. Tram Ride To The Bluebell
3. A Pillowful of Buttercups
4. Roubles For The Promised Land
5. Some Bulbs To Keep The Garden Bright
6. God & Love & Wellesley Street
7. Whatever Made You Think The War Was Over
8. Ladies, Women, Sweethearts & Wives
9. After The Bonfire
10. A Wreath With Our Names On
11. The Way It Was In Murmansk
12. In The Front Line You Get Shot At
13. The Simple Pleasures Of The Rich

Season 3:
1. A House Divided
2. A Tiger, A Lamb & A Basket.........of Fruit
3. My Bonnie Lass, Goodbye
4. A Ticket To Care For The Wounded
5. Travel Light, Travel Far
6. Requiem For A Loser
7. Debts Owed, Debts Paid
8. The Empire Builders
9. Look Up & See The Sky
10. Letters From Afar
11. The Father Of Lies
12. Diamond Cut Diamond
13. A Marriage & A Massacre
14. High Life & Hunger
15. Please Say Goodbye Before You Go

Season 4:
1. Back To Dear Old Blighty
2. A Gift From Heaven
3. A Medal For The Argentine
4. Flies & Spiders
5. Oh, My Charming Billy Boy
6. Friends, Romans, Countrymen
7. The Bright Young Things
8. Action!
9. Comrades In Arms
10. Roll Of Honour

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