Season 1

1. S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and Weep

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.

1967-09-26 • 60 min

2. S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water

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

1967-10-03 • 60 min

3. S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game

1967-10-10 • 60 min

4. S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down

1967-10-17 • 60 min

5. S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs

1967-10-24 • 60 min

6. S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?

1967-10-31 • 60 min

7. S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker

1967-11-07 • 60 min

8. S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class

1967-11-14 • 60 min

9. S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses

1967-12-14 • 60 min

10. S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley

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.

1967-12-28 • 60 min

11. S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year

1967-11-23 • 60 min

12. S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath

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.

1967-12-07 • 60 min

13. S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge

A bridge offers a gamble during the 1944 Normandy Landings.

1967-12-12 • 60 min

14. S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take

1967-02-22 • 60 min

15. S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch

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

1967-02-28 • 60 min

16. S1.E16 ∙ Mates!

1967-03-06 • 60 min