When the Boat Comes In Swords and Pick Handles (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV Episode | 52 min | Drama, History

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When the Boat Comes In

Swords and Pick Handles (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV Episode | 52 min | Drama, History

Jack visits Sir Horatio Manners, father of his late commanding officer and gives him a present of a sword. Manners knows this is a ploy for Jack to ingratiate himself but is impressed by his guile and offers him a job at his new factory, ...See moreJack visits Sir Horatio Manners, father of his late commanding officer and gives him a present of a sword. Manners knows this is a ploy for Jack to ingratiate himself but is impressed by his guile and offers him a job at his new factory, supervising non-Union workers. This angers Jessie, who sees Jack as betraying his kind but they are reconciled after Jack has rescued Tom, in need of money and working as a 'black-leg' or strike-breaking miner, from being beaten up by his striking colleagues. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
James Bolam Jack Ford Jack Ford See fewer	The Likely Lads (1976)
Susan Jameson Jessie Seaton Jessie Seaton See fewer	To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
James Garbutt Bill Seaton Bill Seaton See fewer	Superman (1978)
Jean Heywood Bella Seaton Bella Seaton See fewer	Billy Elliot (2000)
John Nightingale Tom Seaton Tom Seaton See fewer	When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Michelle Newell Mary Seaton Mary Seaton See fewer	The Contract (2006)
Madelaine Newton Dolly Dolly See fewer	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983)
Basil Henson Sir Horatio Manners Sir Horatio Manners See fewer	The Final Programme (1973)
Eddie Silver Police Inspector Police Inspector See fewer	The Likely Lads (1976)
Richard Henry Picket Leader Picket Leader See fewer	Without a Clue (1988)
Gary Roberts Picket Picket See fewer	Black Jack (1979)
Tom Dickinson Picket Picket See fewer	The Stars Look Down (1974)
Alex Turner Leslie Leslie See fewer	When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Kevin Gray George George See fewer	The Glass (2001)
Carl Wilson Walter Walter See fewer	When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Stephen White Andy Andy See fewer	New Scotland Yard (1972)