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1. A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

1976-01-08

1919: Jack Ford returns to Gallowshields on Tyneside after service in the Great War. He befriends the Seaton family—parents Bill and Bella, and their children: attractive schoolte…

2. Say Hello... Say Tirra

1976-01-15

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, tell…

3. Fish in Woolly Jumpers

1976-01-22

Times are hard as the miners strike over a pay claim and Tom, now married with a son to keep as well as Mary, who has tuberculosis, borrows money from the seemingly flush Jack. Ja…

4. Swords and Pick Handles

1976-01-29

Jack visits Sir Horatio Manners, father of his late commanding officer, to gift him a sword. Manners knows this is a ploy for Jack to ingratiate himself but is regardless impresse…

5. Coal Comfort

1976-02-05

As the strike continues, Bill approaches an old friend, regarding the location of a mine shut down fifty years earlier. Tom pursues two children who have stolen leeks from his all…

6. Empire Day on the Slag Heap

1976-02-12

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 olde…

7. A First Time for Everything

1976-02-19

Encouraged by French onion seller Pierre, Bella turns the front of the house into a shop, using some of Bill's compensation. Bill, still bound to a wheelchair, is initially hostil…

8. Paddy Boyle's Discharge

1976-02-26

Mary dies. Jack is in a pub when he meets old army colleague Sid Hepburn, still a professional soldier who suggests that Jack re-enlist as soldiers' pay is very good. Paddy Boyle…

9. Angel on Horseback

1976-03-03

Nurse Rosie Trotter returns to Gallowshields and is mutually attracted to Tom, though, out of respect for Mary, they agree to postpone their nuptials for a year. Meanwhile, Bella'…

10. King for a Day

1976-03-11

Dolly is pregnant and Jack jobless so he agrees to a proposition from Manners, who wants to buy a house from Lord Calderbeck. Jack, posing as a parvenu car parts tycoon, will act …

11. Happy New Year, Some Say

1976-03-18

It is New Year's Eve and Glaswegian socialist lecturer Sandy Lewis joins Jack, whom he tells that the Labour Party is in the ascendancy, at the George Hotel, where Billy is barten…

12. Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

1976-03-25

To the annoyance of her husband, Jessie has been nominated for the Labour Party executive and Jack antagonises Dolly – who senses an ulterior motive in backing her. Jessie's nomin…

13. Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

1976-04-01

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 …

When the Boat Comes In

Seasons

1. A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

2. Say Hello... Say Tirra

3. Fish in Woolly Jumpers

4. Swords and Pick Handles

5. Coal Comfort

6. Empire Day on the Slag Heap

7. A First Time for Everything

8. Paddy Boyle's Discharge

9. Angel on Horseback

10. King for a Day

11. Happy New Year, Some Say

12. Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

13. Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

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When the Boat Comes In

Seasons

1. A Land Fit for Heroes and Idiots

2. Say Hello... Say Tirra

3. Fish in Woolly Jumpers

4. Swords and Pick Handles

5. Coal Comfort

6. Empire Day on the Slag Heap

7. A First Time for Everything

8. Paddy Boyle's Discharge

9. Angel on Horseback

10. King for a Day

11. Happy New Year, Some Say

12. Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

13. Kind Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

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