When the Boat Comes In — Season 1, Episode 2: Say Hello... Say Tirra
Drama • 50 min • 4 seasons, 51 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
Billy, Tom and old army pal Matt try to involve Jack in the Labour movement but he seems uninterested. Bella takes in Harry, a young orphan. Father Keenley, the local priest, tells Bella that she could adopt but this would put a strain on resources and it might be better if she allows the boy to be sent on an emigration scheme to Australia.
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots
- E3Fish in Woolly Jumpers
- E4Swords and Pick Handles
- E5Coal Comfort
- E6Empire Day on the Slag Heap
- E7A First Time for Everything
- E8Paddy Boyle's Discharge
- E9Angel on Horseback
- E10King for a Day
- E11Happy New Year, Some Say
- E12Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
- E13Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt