When the Boat Comes In — Season 1, Episode 13: Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt
Drama • 50 min • 4 seasons, 51 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
Tom is caught and remanded. Jack becomes the deputy branch secretary of the union, getting the miners on side to dissuade them from strike action. The widow Downey – who actually informed on Tom – faces eviction as she is unable to pay the rent and is locked out by the landlord. When Jack and Tom appear in court, Tom is sentenced to three months' incarceration and Jack to one, but Jack is released to a hero's welcome.
About When the Boat Comes In
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.