Prospects

Prospects (1986)


  • Genre: Drama, Comedy
  • First Air Date: 1986-02-19
  • Last Air Date: 1986-04-23
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 12
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Company: Euston Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Network: Channel 4
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Summary

Prospects is a British television comedy drama series that was written by Alan Janes and originally shown on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty drama such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy played by Brian Bovell and their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs. Comprising 12 episodes Prospects - with a comic slant, dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the "Thatcherite" '80's including unemployment, crime, poverty, regeneration, social change and racism. Prospects gained a cult following and ratings wise it performed well above expectation for Channel 4. At that time Channel Four received a large subsidy from the rival commercial network ITV in exchange for the right to sell airtime; this gave ITV a significant input into the management of the station. The success of Prospects and the fact that it was produced by a subsidiary of the ITV network's largest station Thames Television meant it was moved to a 9pm prime-time repeat slot on ITV in the Spring/Summer of 1987. This fuelled rumours that the network wanted to develop Prospects into a long-running comedy drama series. However despite seeing potential ITV declined the opportunity to develop it beyond the original first series.

  • Keywords: london, england, east end
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    Prospects Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1986-02-19
    12 Episodes

    Prospects Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1The P to S Day60 min
    Season 1Episode 2Partners in Brine60 min
    Season 1Episode 3Uncle Harry's System60 min
    Season 1Episode 4Dirty Weekend60 min
    Season 1Episode 5Rodent Engineers60 min
    Season 1Episode 6Standing on Your Own One Foot60 min
    Season 1Episode 7Subterranean Pig Sick Blues60 min
    Season 1Episode 8Flying Tonight60 min
    Season 1Episode 9Four Men in a Boat60 min
    Season 1Episode 10Follow the Yellow Brick Lane60 min
    Season 1Episode 11Running All the Way (1)60 min
    Season 1Episode 12Running All the Way (2)60 min
    • Gary Olsen

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    • Brian Bovell

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