When The Boat Comes In - Alex Glasgow

When the Boat Comes In is a British television drama produced by the BBC between 1976 and 1981.

The series stars James Bolam as Jack Ford, a First World War survivor who returns to his poverty stricken home town in the North East of England during the 1920s.

From 1964 to 1976 James Bolam had starred in another BBC series set on Tyneside, the television comedy The Likely Lads and its sequels.

The memorable traditional tune Dance Ti Thy Daddy was adapted by David Fanshawe for the title theme of the series. Fanshawe also composed the incidental music.

The first three series ran during 1976-77 and were very popular, although some thought it fell off slightly near the end. Seasons 1-3 addressed the story of Ford's growth in the inter-war years, from returning war hero through Trades Union representative, through to entrepreneur within the North East at a time of economic growth, crisis, and the rise of fascism.

The BBC revived the series in 1981, and this 4th series again told a story around Jack Ford, this time as he returned to Britain after some time in the United States, now living in London. The series ended with Jack Ford, having volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War, losing his life

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[Frosty525]

Awesome song ; )

[commking]

i could listen to that a million times and never get sick of it - beautiful

[Greywolf1066]

I love this song, it bring back great memories of watching this show with my Dad.

[alanheath]

@madphilgreenballs I must point out that I made up the word 'krakn' - it just seemed logically the infinitive but I am probably wrong.

[madphilgreenballs]

@alanheath so the Craic and the old Dane/Norse krakn seem to mean something very similar. The question then is, who used it first? The Norse is probably a more logical answer, I guess.

[alanheath]

@ThemightymacDiesel thanks - I was thinking of that today!

[alanheath]

@madphilgreenballs I was thinking about where the word crack comes from today. I came to the conclusion that in old Danish or Norse there may be a word 'krakn' meaning to chat, talk, have a good time or something like that. Maybe it is from old Gaelic - I don't know.

[madphilgreenballs]

Who took history lessons at school? Who remembers that a reasonable chunk of Northern England was for some time Scotland? Hence some similarities in certain words and expressions. Also provides a possible explanation why so many northerners and scots jointly dislike the southerners. Notmemate, baccy is tobacco. Cracky is most likely linked to the Craic, which generally seems to mean a great time, but in conjunction with (more recently) drinking. So he got back, rolled a cig and had a drink. Nice

[moominpic]

@MilitiaHQ It ties in with the Northern tradition of industrial brass bands, like in the mining communities.

[ThemightymacDiesel]

@notmemate Cracky comes from the Gaelic "craic" means chat like " getting the craic" is just passing time with friends

[ebeneezzer]

When the cunt comes in

[MegaJohnny107]

JUST DISCUSSED OF THIS SONG YEH BUT NO BUT IM SO BUSYYYYYYYYY