The Gamblers - Series 1

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S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and Weep

1 - S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and Weep

Air Date: September 26, 1967

This anthology drama series from Associated-Rediffusion presented stories of people who take a gamble – sometimes with their lives – in order to prove a point or better their position.

S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water

2 - S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water

Air Date: October 3, 1967

A Jew gambles his whole upbringing on marrying a gentile to prove love is all you need.

S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game

3 - S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game

Air Date: October 10, 1967

S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down

4 - S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down

Air Date: October 17, 1967

S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs

5 - S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs

Air Date: October 24, 1967

S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?

6 - S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?

Air Date: October 31, 1967

S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker

7 - S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker

Air Date: November 7, 1967

S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class

8 - S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class

Air Date: November 14, 1967

S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses

9 - S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses

Air Date: December 14, 1967

S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley

10 - S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley

Air Date: December 28, 1967

Stars Ralph Michael as ageing General Cudlipp, who lived in a home for retired officers and Ronnie Barker as Llewellyn Smiley, the commissionaire at the local cinema who Cudlipp gambles can pass for a retired officer.

S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year

11 - S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year

Air Date: November 23, 1967

S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath

12 - S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath

Air Date: December 7, 1967

A miner gambles that him staying down a mine on his own, will bring in the press and bring attention to the amount of pits closing down around the country.

S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge

13 - S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge

Air Date: December 12, 1967

A bridge offers a gamble during the 1944 Normandy Landings.

S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take

14 - S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take

Air Date: February 22, 1967

S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch

15 - S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch

Air Date: February 28, 1967

Stars John Binden as Patsy Fagan, a man imprisoned for thirty years who plots his escape with his brother, John (Robert Russell).

S1.E16 ∙ Mates!

16 - S1.E16 ∙ Mates!

Air Date: March 6, 1967