When the Boat Comes In (1976)
When the Boat Comes In is a 1976 drama series created by James Mitchell. It stars James Bolam, James Garbutt and Jean Heywood.
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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Cast
- James Bolam as Jack Ford
- James Garbutt as Bill Seaton
- Jean Heywood as Bella Seaton
- John Nightingale as Tom Seaton
- Edward Wilson as Billy Seaton
- Malcolm Terris as Matt Headley
- Susan Jameson as Jessie Seaton
- Madelaine Newton as Dolly Mather
- Basil Henson as Sir Horatio Manners
- Rosalind Bailey as Sarah Lytton
- Geoffrey Rose as Arthur Ashton
- William Fox as Duke of Bedlington
