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.
The Gamblers (Season 1)
S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and Weep (Episode 1)
Air date: 1967-09-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water (Episode 2)
Air date: 1967-10-03
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A Jew gambles his whole upbringing on marrying a gentile to prove love is all you need.
S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game (Episode 3)
Air date: 1967-10-10
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down (Episode 4)
Air date: 1967-10-17
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs (Episode 5)
Air date: 1967-10-24
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man? (Episode 6)
Air date: 1967-10-31
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker (Episode 7)
Air date: 1967-11-07
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class (Episode 8)
Air date: 1967-11-14
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses (Episode 9)
Air date: 1967-12-14
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley (Episode 10)
Air date: 1967-12-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year (Episode 11)
Air date: 1967-11-23
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath (Episode 12)
Air date: 1967-12-07
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: 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.
S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge (Episode 13)
Air date: 1967-12-12
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A bridge offers a gamble during the 1944 Normandy Landings.
S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take (Episode 14)
Air date: 1967-02-22
Runtime: 60 min
S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch (Episode 15)
Air date: 1967-02-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Stars John Binden as Patsy Fagan, a man imprisoned for thirty years who plots his escape with his brother, John (Robert Russell).
S1.E16 ∙ Mates! (Episode 16)
Air date: 1967-03-06
Runtime: 60 min
Seasons
Episodes 16
Episodes 4