James Mitchell
Director
When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Series 2
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.
Released Jan. 8, 1976
Episode 50 min
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Keywords: imdb.north-east-england, imdb.poverty, imdb.working-class, imdb.1920s, imdb.miners, imdb.great-depression, imdb.period-drama + 10 more, tmdb.poverty, tmdb.world-war-i, tmdb.1920s, tmdb.newcastle-england, tmdb.1930s, tmdb.north-east-england, tmdb.period-drama, tmdb.1910s, tmdb.workplace-politics, tmdb.war-veteran
Production Companies: BBC
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Ask for Tuppence, Take a Penny
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Oct. 29, 1976, midnight
S2E2 - Tram Ride to the Bluebell
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Nov. 5, 1976, midnight
S2E3 - A Pillowful of Buttercups
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Nov. 12, 1976, midnight
S2E4 - Roubles for the Promised Land
Billy is unable to get medical work due to his socialist principles and moves back to help his parents. Tom, who finds it hard to cope with shop work, moves into a hostel. Here he befriends Kaganovich, a Russian Jew from Archangel, hoping to travel to Palestine and looking for Jack, whom he says can help him. When the two meet Kaganovich accuses Jack of stealing money from his late father during the Russian revolution though Jack claims he was given the money as a bribe in exchange for helping the old man escape. In any case it is 'Kerensky money', old currency which is out of date and worthless, though Kaganovich is still determined to go to Palestine. Jack does however persuade Tom to go home to his mother.
Nov. 19, 1976, midnight
S2E5 - Some Bulbs to Keep the Garden Bright
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Nov. 26, 1976, midnight
S2E6 - God & Love & Wellesley Street
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Dec. 3, 1976, midnight
S2E7 - Whatever Made You Think the War Was Over
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Dec. 10, 1976, midnight
S2E8 - Ladies, Women, Sweethearts & Wives
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Dec. 17, 1976, midnight
S2E9 - After the Bonfire
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Jan. 7, 1977, midnight
S2E10 - A Wreath with Our Names On
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Jan. 14, 1977, midnight
S2E11 - The Way It Was in Murmansk
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Jan. 21, 1977, midnight
S2E12 - In the Front Line You Get Shot At
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Jan. 28, 1977, midnight
S2E13 - The Simple Pleasures of the Rich
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Jan. 4, 1977, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 50 min.
Season Runtime: 2550 min.
Released: Jan. 8, 1976
Last Air Date: April 21, 1981, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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