When the Boat Comes In — Season 1, Episode 6: Empire Day on the Slag Heap
Drama • 50 min • 4 seasons, 51 episodes • ★ 7.7/10
Episode synopsis
The strike ends with no concessions won by the colliers. Jack triumphs at the factory and Manners suggests that he could do better than Jessie. Jessie goes on a date with the older, formal Arthur Ashton, who proposes, though she turns him down. Matt tells Jack that Dolly is pregnant and so he agrees to marry her. Bill, injured at the pit, is offered a payment by the mining company but at the expense of admitting his own liability. Jack bitterly opposes this and holds out for a better settlement, winning Jessie's admiration.
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
- E2Say Hello... Say Tirra
- E3Fish in Woolly Jumpers
- E4Swords and Pick Handles
- E5Coal Comfort
- 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