Tuesday, 10 October 2017
810 Prospects
First viewed : April 1987
Prospects was first broadcast on Channel Four in 1986. It did well there and so ITV decided to give a repeat of the series a prime time slot the following spring.
Prospects concerned the efforts of two young unemployed men, Pincy ( Gary Olsen ) and Billy ( Brian Bovell ) , living in London's Isle of Dogs , to improve their situation through a variety of ill thought out, often criminal ventures which usually leave them in a worse position than when they started. Chrissie Cotterill had a semi-regular role as Pincy's high maintenance girlfriend Mona. The programme was made by Euston Films and had a very Minder-ish feel with its 50 minute episodes and comic take on the black economy.
I remember catching episodes 3 and 4 and enjoying them. Episode 3 had the boys trying to devise a foolproof betting system around greyhound racing while Episode 4 saw them taking their girlfriends on a camping weekend and all four ending up in the same tent. Unfortunately, after that one, ITV decided the ratings weren't good enough and pushed the remaining eight episodes into a late night slot, abandoning plans for a second series.
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