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Series · 1967–1968Ended

The Gamblers

10.0·2 seasons·20 episodes·55 min avg.·United Kingdom

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.

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S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and Weep
S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and WeepUp next
Sep 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.

02
S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water
S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water
Oct 3, 1967

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

03
S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game
S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game
Oct 10, 1967
04
S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down
S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down
Oct 17, 1967
05
S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs
S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs
Oct 24, 1967
06
S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?
S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?
Oct 31, 1967
07
S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker
S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker
Nov 7, 1967
08
S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class
S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class
Nov 14, 1967
09
S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses
S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses
Dec 14, 1967
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S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley
S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley
Dec 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.

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S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year
S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year
Nov 23, 1967
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S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath
S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath
Dec 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.

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S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge
S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge
Dec 12, 1967

A bridge offers a gamble during the 1944 Normandy Landings.

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S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take
S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take
Feb 22, 1967
15
S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch
S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch
Feb 28, 1967

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

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S1.E16 ∙ Mates!
S1.E16 ∙ Mates!
Mar 6, 1967

Cast

17 credited
Ronald Lacey
Lionel
LA
Leslie Anderson
Fred
RS
Richard Shaw
Marco
Alfred Burke
Harry Jarman
Gwen Watford
Rachel Grant
George Innes
Bob Griffis
Brian Cox
Mickey
Bernard Lee
Bob Townsend
Nigel Green
Sir Hugh Standish
Cyd Hayman
Mary

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