Life's a Gamble.
The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.
The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.
Air date: 1986-09-02
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Promises to Jan, debts to the Inland Revenue, Robby is at it again, keeping too many balls in the air. His only assets are his wits and his club.
Air date: 1986-09-09
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: At the bottom of the heap again, Robby Box will do anything for money. He'll even teach his friends to play poker!
Air date: 1986-09-16
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Robby Box sorts out a fiddle at Gil's Betting Shop and helps a friend in need.
Air date: 1986-09-23
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: When Robby Box wins a card game in the hospital, he ends up 'painting the town'.
Air date: 1986-09-30
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Robby Box will bet on anything, but it's a different matter when it comes to gambling with his own life.
Air date: 1986-10-07
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Lumbered with a cuckoo in the nest, Robby Box sets out to put things right, but gets them wrong.... and right.
Air date: 1986-10-14
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Robby Box has something he would like to say to Jan, but Ronnie Day and a load of forged bank-notes get in his way ...
Air date: 1986-10-21
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Robby Box goes a long way out of his way to help a lady and himself.
Air date: 1986-10-28
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Robby Box is perfectly serious about giving up gambling... until he hears a certain American is in town.
Air date: 1986-11-04
Runtime: 50 min
Overview: Robby's gambler's luck run out at last?