When the Boat Comes In: Cast Rate: –☹️ Very Bad🙁 Bad😐 Average🙂 Good😃 Excellent🤩 Super! ★ Save Rating✔ Rating Saved! Notify me: –about new episodeabout new seasonabout end of season Subscribe✔ Subscription Saved! When the Boat Comes In Drama 1/8/76 – 4/21/81 United Kingdom GeneralEpisodesTranslationsCastCharactersGallery Cast See full cast → James Bolam as Jack Ford James Garbutt as Bill Seaton Jean Heywood as Bella Seaton John Nightingale as Tom Seaton Edward Wilson as Billy Seaton Malcolm Terris as Matt Headley Susan Jameson as Jessie Ashton née Seaton Madelaine Newton as Dolly