When the Boat Comes In Back to Dear Old Blighty (Season 4, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Drama, History

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When the Boat Comes In

Back to Dear Old Blighty (Season 4, Episode 1)

TV Episode | Drama, History

Six years have passed. Jack has lost his wealth from boot-legging in the Wall Street Crash and, in debt to gangsters, flees New York as a stowaway on a cargo ship. Arriving in Liverpool with little money he meets the kindly Canon Penfold, ...See moreSix years have passed. Jack has lost his wealth from boot-legging in the Wall Street Crash and, in debt to gangsters, flees New York as a stowaway on a cargo ship. Arriving in Liverpool with little money he meets the kindly Canon Penfold, who gets him manual work and a room in a hostel. However he has to share with Charlie Rowse, a bullying, embittered ex-teacher who forces him to drink and beats him up. Finally Jack hits back at him and quits the hostel. A chance meeting with Morty Black, an old business friend from New York, gives him the means to head back to Gallowshield. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
James Bolam Jack Ford Jack Ford See fewer	The Likely Lads (1976)
Bernard Horsfall Rowse Rowse See fewer	Braveheart (1995)
Jeremy Child Canon Penfold Canon Penfold See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
David Graham Morty Black Morty Black See fewer	Thunderbird 6 (1968)
Stacey Gregg Trudi Black Trudi Black See fewer	Project A-Ko (1986)
Bill Dean Stobbs Stobbs See fewer	Gumshoe (1971)
Tom Georgeson Captain Moore Captain Moore See fewer	Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Colin McCormack Starkie Starkie See fewer	First Knight (1995)
Steven Crossey Foreman Docker Foreman Docker See fewer	When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Lionel Stevens Head Waiter Head Waiter See fewer	The Midnight Men (1964)