Prospects

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Prospects is a British television comedy-drama series written by Alan Janes and originally released on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films, who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty dramas such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed...read more

Prospects is a British television comedy-drama series written by Alan Janes and originally released on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films, who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty dramas such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters, Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince and Billy 'Bill' Pearson, played by Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell, respectively, and depicts their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs.

Original Release

02/19/1986 on Channel 4

Cast

# Title Air Date
1 The P to S Day Wednesday, 19 February 1986
2 Partners in Brine Wednesday, 26 February 1986
3 Uncle Harry's System Wednesday, 05 March 1986
4 Dirty Weekend Wednesday, 12 March 1986
5 Rodent Engineers Wednesday, 19 March 1986
6 Standing on Your Own One Foot Wednesday, 26 March 1986
7 Subterranean Pig Sick Blues Wednesday, 02 April 1986
8 Frying Tonight Wednesday, 09 April 1986
9 Four Men in a Boat Wednesday, 16 April 1986
10 Follow the Yellow Brick Lane Wednesday, 23 April 1986
11 Running All the Way: Part 1 Wednesday, 30 April 1986
12 Running All the Way: Part 2 Wednesday, 07 May 1986

Directors

John Crome, Peter Ellis, James Hill, Ian Toynton, Bernard Rose

Writers

Alan Janes

Cast

Producers

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