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The Worst Episodes of When the Boat Comes In

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The Worst Episodes of When the Boat Comes In

A former Army sergeant returns home to an economically depressed Gallowshields in Tyneside at the end of World War One. But this sergeant always lands...

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  1. Background image for Friends, Romans, Countrymen
    6.6/10(12 votes)

    #1 - Friends, Romans, Countrymen

    S4:E6

    No description available

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Bright Young Things
    6.9/10(10 votes)

    #2 - The Bright Young Things

    S4:E7

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for Oh, My Charming Billy Boy
    7.0/10(12 votes)

    #3 - Oh, My Charming Billy Boy

    S4:E5

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Back To Dear Old Blighty
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    #4 - Back To Dear Old Blighty

    S4:E1

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  5. Background image for Angel on Horseback
    7.3/10(17 votes)

    #5 - Angel on Horseback

    S1:E9

    Tom tells his mother that he plans to marry Rosie, and move to Edinburgh for a fresh start. Rosie tells Tom that both their mothers are against the marriage, and that their opinion carries a lot of weight. Rosie tells Tom he must wait for a year: "I'll never forget me pitman". Mick's funeral is well-attended. It is partly funded by the union, who also provide the pallbearers.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Letters From Afar
    7.3/10(15 votes)

    #6 - Letters From Afar

    S3:E10

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for A Marriage & A Massacre
    7.5/10(14 votes)

    #7 - A Marriage & A Massacre

    S3:E13

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Flies & Spiders
    7.5/10(12 votes)

    #8 - Flies & Spiders

    S4:E4

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for Diamond Cut Diamond
    7.6/10(13 votes)

    #9 - Diamond Cut Diamond

    S3:E12

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for Say Hello.. Say Tirra
    7.8/10(24 votes)

    #10 - Say Hello.. Say Tirra

    S1:E2

    jack continues to work his way into the Seaton family - hard working Bill and his wife Bella, and their adult children Tom, Jessie and Billy. Bill is a miner but wants better for his family. Thanks to his hard work there is money for his daughter to train as a school teacher and son Billy to attend University and become a Doctor. Tom is not academic and so he works in the mines with his father, but he would prefer to work outdoors.

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    Director:Unknown
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  12. Background image for Heads You Win, Tails I Lose
    7.8/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Heads You Win, Tails I Lose

    S1:E12

    Jack has arranged a safe route to the docks for Tom. Green and Edgar catch up with Tom, but they have a surprise in store: a "tin panning", which means they're hounded home by the womenfolk, bashing pots and pans. Jack returns home to find Dolly apologetic, and a hearty meal on the table. Lizzie arrives with a letter from Mr Gibson: she's been offered a cleaning job paying a very respectable "fifteen bob a week...half a man's wages".

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    Director:Unknown
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  13. Background image for The Father Of Lies
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #12 - The Father Of Lies

    S3:E11

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    Director:Unknown
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  14. Background image for A Medal For The Argentine
    7.8/10(12 votes)

    #13 - A Medal For The Argentine

    S4:E3

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    Director:Unknown
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  15. Background image for Fish in Woolly Jumpers
    7.9/10(26 votes)

    #14 - Fish in Woolly Jumpers

    S1:E3

    The miners have been on strike for a month, over a pay claim. Tom, now supporting a wife and son, borrows some money from Jack, who, despite being out of work for two months, doesn't seem to be short of a few bob. Jessie and Jack discuss having a baby, but Jessie says that her entire family is relying on her income. Jack claims that he's got money put by, and is supplementing this with "odd jobs".

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    Director:Unknown
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  16. Background image for High Life & Hunger
    7.9/10(15 votes)

    #15 - High Life & Hunger

    S3:E14

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  17. Background image for Comrades In Arms
    7.9/10(13 votes)

    #16 - Comrades In Arms

    S4:E9

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    Director:Unknown
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  18. Background image for Kind-Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #17 - Kind-Hearted Rat with a Lifebelt

    S1:E13

    After serving his sentence, Jack is released from prison. Matt has arranged for a welcoming procession, including a colliary band! Jack is paraded through the streets as a "The People's Friend", hammer in hand. Jessie tells Jack she doesn't entirely approve of his new-found power, or the way he got it, hoping that he won't forget the people he's going to represent. "Don't you worry, bonnie lass, they'll get their share... eventually".

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    Director:Unknown
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  19. Background image for A Ticket To Care For The Wounded
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #18 - A Ticket To Care For The Wounded

    S3:E4

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    Director:Unknown
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  20. Background image for Debts Owed, Debts Paid
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #19 - Debts Owed, Debts Paid

    S3:E7

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  21. Background image for A Gift From Heaven
    8.0/10(13 votes)

    #20 - A Gift From Heaven

    S4:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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  22. Background image for Coal Comfort
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #21 - Coal Comfort

    S1:E5

    With the strike continuing people are forced to steal coal. When Jack Ford brings some coal round for the Seatons which he has bought off someone, Bill Seaton tells him to take it away as it is the same as paying the mine owners and is helping them instead of the strikers.

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  23. Background image for Happy New Year, Some Say
    8.1/10(18 votes)

    #22 - Happy New Year, Some Say

    S1:E11

    Jack and visiting Glaswegian socialist lecturer Sandy Lewis visit The George Hotel bar, where Billy is working. Tom is there. The Seatons are going to Jessies that evening, to celebrate the New Year. Tom lurks at a the Conservative Unionist Women's Association annual shindig, where Richard Harley Evans is guest of honour, celebrating the party's recent election win. Tom sneaks into the cloakroom, stealing items of value. He is interrupted, and narrowly escapes capture, by slipping into Sandy Lewis's lecture.

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    Director:Unknown
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  24. Background image for Ask for Tuppence, Take a Penny
    8.1/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Ask for Tuppence, Take a Penny

    S2:E1

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    Director:Unknown
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  25. Background image for Tram Ride to the Bluebell
    8.1/10(15 votes)

    #24 - Tram Ride to the Bluebell

    S2:E2

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    Director:Unknown
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  26. Background image for Please Say Goodbye Before You Go
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #25 - Please Say Goodbye Before You Go

    S3:E15

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    Director:Unknown
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Worst Episodes Summary

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen" is the worst rated episode of "When the Boat Comes In". It scored 6.6/10 based on 12 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/24/1981. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Bright Young Things".