The Gamblers - Series 1
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.
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.
3 - S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game
Air Date: October 10, 1967
4 - S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down
Air Date: October 17, 1967
5 - S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs
Air Date: October 24, 1967
6 - S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?
Air Date: October 31, 1967
7 - S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker
Air Date: November 7, 1967
8 - S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class
Air Date: November 14, 1967
9 - S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses
Air Date: December 14, 1967
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.
11 - S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year
Air Date: November 23, 1967
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.
13 - S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge
Air Date: December 12, 1967
A bridge offers a gamble during the 1944 Normandy Landings.
14 - S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take
Air Date: February 22, 1967
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).
16 - S1.E16 ∙ Mates!
Air Date: March 6, 1967