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Prospects was a 1986 Channel 4 British drama series created by Thames Television's film unit Euston Films - the makers of The Sweeney and Minder. It was set in London's East End and was based around the exploits of 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincey' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy played by Brian Bovell in making a living in and around the Isle of Dog's. With a comic slant it dealt with unemployment, poverty, regeneration, social change and racism some of the major issues in British society in the mid-1980's. There were 12 episodes of Prospects and these included:
- 1. THE P TO S DAY
- 2. PARTNERS IN BRINE
- 3. UNCLE HARRY'S SYSTEM
- 4. DIRTY WEEKEND
- 5. RODENT ENGINEERS
- 6. STANDING ON YOUR OWN ONE FOOT
- 7. SUBTERRANEAN PIG SICK BLUES
- 8. FRYING TONIGHT
- 9. FOUR MEN IN A BOAT
- 10. FOLLOW THE YELLOW BRICK LANE
- 11. RUNNING ALL THE WAY PART ONE
- 12. RUNNING ALL THE WAY PART TWO
Prospects gained a cult following and performed well above expectations for Channel 4 in the terms of ratings. Rival station ITV which at the time had links to Channel 4 saw the success of Prospects and gave it a 9pm prime-time repeat slot in the Spring/Summer of 1987. This fuelled rumours that ITV wanted to develop Prospects into a long-running comedy drama series. However despite seeing potential in Prospects ITV declined the opportunity to develop it beyond the original first series. Unfortunately Thames Television are rumoured to have accidently wiped the master tapes for Prospects at some point in the late 1980's/early 1990's. This may explain why it's not been repeated on British television since 1987 and hasn't had an official Video or DVD release and Prospects enabled the late Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell to become fairly successful acting mainstays within British film, television and theatre.
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