The Main Chance
1969
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
Released
1969-06-18
Episode Runtime
60 min
Language
English
Status
Ended
Genre
Production
Yorkshire Television
Directors
CASTS
John Stride
David Main
Margaret Ashcroft
Margaret Castleton
John Wentworth
Henry Castleton
Anna Palk
Sarah Courtney
Glynn Edwards
Walter Clegg
John Arnatt
Sidney Bulmer
Philip Bond
Peter Findon
Estelle Kohler
Hilary Nash
Sharon Maughan
Inge Lindstrom
Ingrid Hafner
Laura Granton
Gary Bond
Andrew Retford
Kate O'Mara
Julia Main
Liz Bamber
Priscilla Graves
David Lodge
Det. Sup. Guthrie
Denis Lill
Stephen Howard
Jack Watson
Harry Selby
Ronald Radd
Lord Arkwright
Bernard Kay
Patrick Bell
Valerie Dane
Main's Secretary
Frederick Treves
Simon Rimsey
Stuart Wilson
Edward Ransom
Frederick Jaeger
Peter Jarratt
Robert Hartley
Frederick
Alfred Bell
Det. Sgt. Abbott
Richard Wyler
Tim Cowley
Jack May
Derrick Asher
Walter Gotell
Raymond Berry
Georgina Ward
Edie Semple
Jack Woolgar
Arthur Litchfield
Anthony Bate
Charles Ian Grady
Edward Harvey
Barrister
Andrew Laurence
Harris
John Barcroft
Ian Matthews
Peter Cellier
Braintree
Kathleen St John
Mrs. Cullen
Peter Jeffrey
Kenneth Manmer
John Harvey
Chief Supt. Griffin
Peter Williams
Judge
Norman Scace
Anthony Markson
Philip Brack
Col. Charles Everett
Peter Gilmore
Tony Murray
Brian Hawksley
Welborn
David Savile
Buckley
Peter Birrel
Joe Farrell
Frank Duncan
Swiss Judge
Patrick Jordan
Insp. Bertram
Gerald Sim
Rufus Mansfield
John Welsh
James Renshaw
Stuart Damon
Allan Hartmann
Roderic Noble
Michael Kelly
George Innes
George Wilkinson
Leslie Sands
Charles Arkwright
Frederick Danner
Anthony Arkwright
Peter Halliday
John Smith
Alan Bird
Det. Sgt. Rafferty
Julian Grant
Det. Con. Sharp
Willoughby Goddard
Sir Ernest Lang
Arthur Hewlett
Sir Archibald Maclaren
Michael Elwyn
Lord Radchester
Joan Peart
Mrs. Hume-Gilbert
John Atkinson
Magistrate
Martin Boddey
Gilbert Ellnet
Michael Atha
Page Boy
John Normington
George Hargrave
Murray Evans
Mort Harper
Frank Barrie
Richard Pryce-Hartley
John Crocker
Oliver Griffiths
John Graham
Roy Sanderson
Tony Caunter
Harry Rowlands
Noel Hood
Aunt Harriet
Ballard Berkeley
Major Dibbyn
Georgine Anderson
Mrs. Kellaway
Morris Parsons
Park Keeper
Austin Trevor
Judge
Frank Sieman
Jury Foreman
Geoffrey Denton
Court Chairman
Victor Brooks
Police Sergeant
John Law
Fletcher's Solicitor
Marjorie Rhodes
Ruth Paxton
John Garrie
Ernest Paxton
Michael Gover
James Earnshaw
Michael Beint
George Seager
Walter Sparrow
Site Foreman
Stuart Saunders
Salesman
Aubrey Morris
Elbert Cheever
Aimée Delamain
Alice Greensmith
Simon Oates
Godfrey Allen
Arthur Brough
County Court Judge
Anthony Baird
Watchman
John Bennett
Raul Ramira
Alan Browning
Montero
Raymond Young
Charles Benoit
Lesley Nunnerley
Rosa
Dorothy Gordon
Mary Cooper
Lane Meddick
Cooper
David Grey
Sanches
David Trevena
Prison Cook
Al Garcia
Porter
Judy Huxtable
Olivia Marrett-Browne
Elizabeth Shepherd
The Hon. Fiona Cowley
Hamilton Dyce
Judge
Brian Oulton
George Mynter
Neil Wilson
Prison Doctor
Norman Mitchell
Charles Willard
William Wilde
Elwyn Richards
Robin Hawdon
Alec Grafton
Patrick Barr
Dr. John Grafton
Hugh Cross
Coroner
Richard Hurndall
Stipendiary Magistrate
Alan Clements
Ambulanceman
Diana Coupland
Mrs. Clifford
Brian Rawlinson
George Langden
John Westbrook
Charles Wainwright
David Steuart
Judge
Valerie Sarruf
Meriel Manmer
Bernard Hepton
Bridges
David Hutcheson
Sir George More-Litton
Vladek Sheybal
Otto Zobel
Tom Kempinski
Doran
Douglas Wilmer
Dr. Lowton
Elizabeth Begley
Mrs. Donnell
Margaret Brady
Eileen Donnell
Clifton Jones
Manuel Patino
Valerie Murray
Carlo Patino
Aly Ben Ayed
Abdul Naji
Freddie Jones
Professor Ian Allardyce
Cynthia Grenville
Mary Allardyce
John Forrest
Twite
Frank Tregear
Waiter
Sheila Hudson
Receptionist
Pat Heywood
Mrs. Elliott
Laurence Hardy
Edward Main
Noel Dyson
Janet Harrison
Hilary Mason
Agnes McLaren
Kenneth Edwards
Magistrate
Peter Bowles
Roger Lamb
Paul Massie
Richard Swanson
Wensley Pithey
Lord Bennett
Arthur Pentelow
Arnold Foster
Marian Diamond
Henrietta Carson
Georgina Hale
Sheila Smith
Robert Cawdron
Crispin
Brian McDermott
Allan Whittaker
Basil Dignam
Mr. Jory
Frank Mills
Joe Brown
Delia Paton
Stella Brown
John Collin
Charlie Webster
Glenn Williams
Stacey
James Bree
Mr. Fisher
Edward Evans
Mr. Griffiths
Robin Ellis
Donald Gordon Hopwood
John Turner
Acting Supt. Grover
John Humphry
Harvey Lingwood
Michael Cooper
Magistrate - Tom Withers
Robert Raglan
Judge
John Allison
John Howard
Arch Taylor
Warrant Officer
John Phillips
Arnold Bingley
Michael Collins
Jack Gillam
Robin Ford
George Auckland
Hugh Morton
Stipendiary Magistrate
Preston Lockwood
Ministry Inspector
Barbara Ogilvie
Mrs. Ada Harrington
Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Hilary Wenn
Nicholas Pennell
Jeremy Upjohn
Felix Aylmer
Judge
Faith Brook
Susan Crawford
James Copeland
Johnny Stewart
Hildegard Neil
Ursula Findon
Ralph Truman
Reginald Crowther
Gareth Forwood
Julian Webb
Percy Herbert
Gil Vasey
Nicholas Courtney
James Harding
Geoffrey Frederick
Det. Sgt. Ransome
Jacqueline Maude
Lady Magistrate
Norman Claridge
Stipendiary Magistrate
Robin Askwith
Sammy Cutforth
Paul Guess
Peter Cutforth
David Purcell
Les Parfitt
Morris Perry
Kellaway
Roy Purcell
Sgt. Purdie
Frederick Bartman
John Eldon
Michael Gwynn
Judge
John Standing
Lord Radchester
George Baker
Major Donovan
Timothy Carlton
Jeremy Purcell-Browne
Robert Keegan
Sam Bradshaw
Tom Watson
Sandy McGoggie
Jan Carey
Mary McGoggie
Patrick Troughton
Frederick Owen
Donald Webster
Crump
Matthew Guinness
Merton
Joseph McKenna
Keir McGoggie
Maev Alexander
Miss Bush
Bob Hoskins
Workman
Norman Shelley
Sefton Gardiner
Malcolm Tierney
Maj. Michael Gardiner
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Col. Brant
Basil Henson
Brigadier
Seymour Matthews
Adjutant
Leon Sinden
Judge
James Hazeldine
Staff Sgt. Timson
Peter Attard
Pvt. Pike
Philip Newman
Edward Moss
Jacqueline Chan
Gina Gordon
Heather Sears
Mary Wingrove
Keith Marsh
Arthur Conway
Clifford Rose
Lewis Savage
Rowena Cooper
Fiona Kelly
Malcolm Terris
Mr. Page
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Roach
David Garfield
Edward J. Brown
Joe Dunlop
Det. Con. Rigg
Dorothy Alison
Chairman of Magistrates
Ellis Dale
Ticket Collector
Hugh Moxey
Judge Belling
Peter Arne
Ernest Leggatt
Barbara Young
Hilda Walker
Richard Easton
Dr. Milner
Richard Burrell
Robert Varney
Emrys James
Derek Adams
Etain O'Dell
Joyce Adams
Gilbert Wynne
Frank Gerrard
Sandra Duncan
Carol Gerrard
Ronald Adam
Sir Charles Braithwaite
Richard Mathews
Arnold Henderson
Scott Anthony
Tony
Candace Glendenning
Denny
Benedicta Leigh
Mrs. Gadley
Gerald Flood
William Arkwright
Derek Smith
Joe Meadows
Windsor Davies
George Halloran
Laurence Payne
James Galbraith
Scott Forbes
Det. Insp. Lampeter
John Horsley
Magistrate
Peter Winter
Malcolm Evans
John Plume
Tony Evans
Tessa Wyatt
Joey Richards
Mark Burns
Warren Iveson
Michael Gough
Sir George Andrews
John Bown
Neville Carson
Alister Williamson
Tom Maxwell
Shirley Dixon
Sally Howard
Cynthia Michaelis
Sir George's Secretary
Anthony Sagar
George Cleveland
Noel Willman
Magistrate
Allan Cuthbertson
Ian Osborn Utley
Hugh Sullivan
Peter Gregg-Bowen
James Donnelly
Joe Marshall
Arthur White
William Shelton
Michael Sheard
Analyst
Dave Hill
George Duncan
Charles Morgan
Harry Selby
Antony Carrick
James Cosgrove
Nigel Lambert
Eric Anderson
Edward Underdown
Judge
Jeffrey Segal
Magistrate
Richard Hampton
William Eversley
Eve Pearce
Mrs Brockford
Martin Leroy
Mr Brockford
Andrew Lane
Percy Roper
John Moore
Coroner
Edward Judd
Det. Insp. Shannon
Leslie Schofield
Roy Wilson Gibbard
Carleton Hobbs
Lord Chief Justice
Alison Mead
Receptionist
Tom Gowling
Usher
Barrie Cookson
Executive Officer
Cyril Cross
Removal Foreman
Madge Hindle
Winifred Tindell
Ivan Beavis
Percy Griffin
Ian Thompson
Presenting Officer
George Sewell
Harry Kenton
John Stratton
Edward Pendlebury
Geoffrey Chater
Peter Redman
Ed Devereaux
Paul Miller
David Daker
Jacobson
William Fox
High Court Judge
Andy Bradford
Terry Barrett
Gillian Raine
Denise Clegg
Donald Douglas
Philip Betton
Anthony Sharp
Sir Martin Fulford
David Lincoln
Brian Ford
Alison Hughes
Linda Mason
Peter Sandles
Terry
Martin Flynn
Keith
Sylvia Barter
Juvenile Court Chairman
John Hartley
PC Lever
Eric Mason
Lorry Driver
Ray Smith
Joe Holroyd
Derek Francis
Sir James Darren
Keith Washington
Richard Darren
Joseph Brady
George Allen
Frank Wylie
Yorkie
Artro Morris
Robert Jordan
Anthony Roye
Crown Court Judge
Chloe Franks
Liz Main
Gwen Cherrell
Annie Selby-Wilson
John Savident
Donald Jarram
Harry Walker
Byrne
Tony Melody
Sammy Dayton
James Mellor
George Matthews
Anthony Woodruff
Crown Court Judge
Nigel Stock
George Fisher
Michael Robbins
Gerry Baxter
Prue Clarke
Rachel Baxter
Brian Hall
Sammy Beddowes
Yvonne Sommerling
Receptionist
Fred Gaunt
Prosecuting Barrister
Phyllida Law
Alison Murray
Arnold Diamond
Tribunal Chairman
Peter Ellis
Towers
Roger Booth
Magnus Tait
Peter Miles
Arthur Wainright
Kathleen Byron
Amanda Retford
Christine Early
Receptionist
William Russell
Arnold Galbraith
Michael Culver
Roger Lockhart
Derek Farr
Robert Douglas
John Nettleton
Joseph Shelton
Michael Turner
Dr. Fenway
Margo Johns
Mrs. Fenway
Maurice O'Connell
Det. Sgt. Ray Allington
Rod Beacham
John Paulton
Michael Hawkins
Harold Layton
Diane Mercer
Dorothy Yeldham
Seasons
Season 1
1969
.6 Episodes
Season 1 of The Main Chance premiered on 1969-06-18.
Season 2
1970
.13 Episodes
Season 2 of The Main Chance premiered on 1970-09-14.
Season 3
1972
.13 Episodes
Season 3 of The Main Chance premiered on 1972-06-07.
Season 4
1975
.13 Episodes
Season 4 of The Main Chance premiered on 1975-04-18.
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