When the Boat Comes In A Gift from Heaven (Season 4, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Drama, History

When the Boat Comes In

A Gift from Heaven (Season 4, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Drama, History

Jack returns to a Gallowshield gripped by mass unemployment and lodges with Sarah and her unpleasant younger brother Harry, who tell him that Matt drowned in a row boat accident. Knowing of Matt's fear of water, Jack learns from the boat's...See moreJack returns to a Gallowshield gripped by mass unemployment and lodges with Sarah and her unpleasant younger brother Harry, who tell him that Matt drowned in a row boat accident. Knowing of Matt's fear of water, Jack learns from the boat's owner, Doughty, that Matt killed himself as he had stolen union funds to support his mistress Thelma, who is now dating Harry. Harry has taken photographs of Doughty's smuggling activities with which to blackmail him but Jack steals them and sells them to Doughty, who runs Harry out of town after beating him up. Jack also burns Matt's love letters to Thelma to convince Sarah that her late husband was not unfaithful. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
James Bolam Jack Ford Jack Ford See fewer	The Likely Lads (1976)
Rosalind Bailey Sarah Headley Sarah Headley See fewer	Distant Shores (2005)
Bryan Pringle Doughty Doughty See fewer	Brazil (1985)
Neil Daglish Harry Lytton Harry Lytton See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Caroline Hutchison Thelma Clark Thelma Clark See fewer	Gandhi (1982)
George A. Cooper Tommy Price Tommy Price See fewer	Tom Jones (1963)
Jim Barclay Lenny Philips Lenny Philips See fewer	The Professionals (1977)
Joanne Hall Housekeeper (as Joane Hall) Housekeeper (as Joane Hall) See fewer	When the Boat Comes In (1976)
Kevin White Joe Joe See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Derek Storey Barman Barman See fewer	Brideshead Revisited (1981)
Art Day Trio Trio See fewer	The Sound of Petula (1972)
Neville Hughes Trio Trio See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Myrtle Bruce-Mitford Trio Trio See fewer	When the Boat Comes In (1976)