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This is a list of episodes for the ITV television series The Main Chance .
Episodes [ edit ]
First Series [ edit ]
Episode #
Original Air Date (UK)
Episode Title
Writer
Director
Guest cast
1-01
18 June 1969
What About Justice?
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
George Innes , Peter Halliday , Arthur Hewlett , Michael Elwyn , Martin Boddey
1-02
25 June 1969
Body and Soul
Edmund Ward
Christopher Hodson
Tony Caunter , Walter Gotell , Murray Evans , Ballard Berkeley , John Normington , John Law
1-03
2 July 1969
The Professional
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
Jack Woolgar , Anthony Bate , Michael Gover , Walter Sparrow
1-04
9 July 1969
Liar's Dice
Edmund Ward
Christopher Hodson
Aubrey Morris , Geoffrey Chater , Simon Oates , Aimée Delamain
1-05
16 July 1969
The Privilege of Justice
Edmund Ward
Christopher Hodson
John Bennett , Alan Browning , David Grey
1-06
23 July 1969
With All My Worldly Goods...
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
Elizabeth Shepherd , Jack May , Hamilton Dyce , Neil Wilson , Norman Mitchell , William Wilde
Second Series [ edit ]
Episode #
Original Air Date (UK)
Episode Title
Writer
Director
Guest cast
2-01
14 September 1970
A Time to Love, A Time to Die
Edmund Ward
Christopher Hodson
Bernard Kay , Patrick Barr , David Lodge , Richard Hurndall
2-02
21 September 1970
It Could Happen to You
Edmund Ward
Marc Miller
Diana Coupland , Bernard Kay
2-03
28 September 1970
First, You Eat - Later We Ruin You
David Weir
John Frankau
Bernard Hepton , Peter Jeffrey , Vladek Sheybal
2-04
5 October 1970
A Little Black and White Lie
David Weir
John Frankau
Clifton Jones , Douglas Wilmer , Valerie Murray, Jack May
2-05
12 October 1970
The Walls of Jericho
Louis Marks
Christopher Hodson
Freddie Jones , Peter Cellier , Cynthia Grenville
2-06
19 October 1970
A View from the Chair
Edmund Ward
Marc Miller
Ronald Radd , Pat Heywood , Hilary Mason , John Harvey , Noel Dyson
2-07
26 October 1970
The Best Legal System in the World
John Malcolm
John Frankau
Peter Bowles , Glynn Edwards , Georgina Hale , Robert Cawdron
2-08
2 November 1970
The Piper Calls the Tune
Louis Marks
Christopher Hodson
John Collin , Frank Mills , Brian McDermott , James Bree , Edward Evans
2-09
9 November 1970
A Man I Know to Be Innocent…
John Malcolm
Christopher Hodson
Robin Ellis , John Turner
2-10
16 November 1970
A Vision of the Future
Edmund Ward
Christopher Hodson
Peter Gilmore , Jack Watson , Preston Lockwood , Michael Collins , Hugh Morton
2-11
23 November 1970
The Lady Who Went Too Far
David Weir
John Frankau
Joan Greenwood , Nicholas Pennell , Felix Aylmer , David Blake Kelly
2-12
30 November 1970
Settlement Day
John Malcolm
Christopher Hodson
Hildegarde Neil , Walter Gotell , James Copeland , Faith Brook
2-13
7 December 1970
Private Armies
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
David Lodge , Nicholas Courtney , Percy Herbert , Geoffrey Frederick , Norman Claridge
Third Series [ edit ]
Episode #
Original Air Date (UK)
Episode Title
Writer
Director
Guest cast
3-01
7 June 1972
The Killing Ground
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
Robin Askwith , Jack Woolgar , Jack Watson , Guy Slater, David Purcell , Roy Purcell , Morris Perry
3-02
14 June 1972
Love’s Old Sweet Song
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
George Baker , John Standing , Robert Keegan
3-03
21 June 1972
Acting for Self
Ray Jenkins
Marc Miller
Bob Hoskins , Patrick Troughton , Tom Watson , Brian Hawksley , David Savile
3-04
28 June 1972
Not in Today’s Army
John Batt
Marc Miller
James Hazeldine , Malcolm Tierney , Lyndon Brook
3-05
5 July 1972
Widow’s Mite
John Batt
John Frankau
Jacqui Chan , Peter Cellier , Gary Bond , Heather Sears , Keith Marsh
3-06
12 July 1972
The Next Great Train Robbery
Ray Jenkins
Marc Miller
Anthony Bate , Clifford Rose , Malcolm Terris , David Garfield
3-07
19 July 1972
Where Did I Leave My Shining Armour?
Edmund Ward
Marc Miller
Stuart Wilson , Barbara Young , Peter Arne , Richard Easton , Richard Burrell , Hugh Moxey
3-08
26 July 1972
Copper-Bottomed Cert
David Lees
Marc Miller
Emrys James , Gilbert Wynne , Richard Mathews
3-09
2 August 1972
Doll on a Wall
Ray Jenkins
John Frankau
Frederick Treves , Scott Anthony, Candace Glendenning
3-10
9 August 1972
Choice of Jungles
Edmund Ward
Marc Miller
Windsor Davies , Stuart Wilson , Gerald Flood , Derek Smith, Laurence Payne
3-11
16 August 1972
Fit- Up
Ray Jenkins
John Frankau
Tessa Wyatt , John Horsley , Scott Forbes
3-12
23 August 1972
One for the House
John Batt
John Frankau
Alister Williamson , John Bown, Peter Birrel , Shirley Dixon
3-13
30 August 1972
Dear Sir, Unless…
Edmund Ward
John Frankau
Allan Cuthbertson , Noel Willman
Fourth Series [ edit ]
Episode #
Original Air Date (UK)
Episode Title
Writer
Director
Guest cast
4-01
18 April 1975
Process
Edmund Ward
Derek Bennett
Michael Sheard , Denis Lill , Antony Carrick , Frederick Treves , Charles Morgan , Nigel Lambert , Peter Birrel , Edward Underdown
4-02
25 April 1975
World of Silence
Edmund Ward
Derek Bennett
Ronald Radd , Denis Lill , Frederick Treves , Richard Hampton , Andrew Lane
4-03
2 May 1975
Rule of Law
John Batt
Gareth Davies
Leslie Schofield , Carleton Hobbs , Peter Jeffrey , Edward Judd , John Harvey
4-04
9 May 1975
Payment by Result
Edmund Ward
Derek Bennett
Ingrid Hafner , Stuart Damon , Philip Bond , Ian Thompson
4-05
16 May 1975
Survival
John Batt
Cyril Coke
George Sewell , Geoffrey Chater , David Daker , John Stratton , William Fox
4-06
23 May 1975
No Names
Ray Jenkins
Tony Wharmby
Donald Douglas , Brian Hawksley , Eric Mason , Martin Flynn
4-07
30 May 1975
It Couldn’t Happen Here
Edmund Ward
Tony Wharmby
Stuart Wilson , Ray Smith , Frederick Jaeger , Derek Francis , Frank Wylie
4-08
6 June 1975
Killing
Ray Jenkins
Cyril Coke
John Savident , Stuart Damon
4-09
20 June 1975
By the Book
Edmund Ward
Cyril Coke
Tony Melody , Denis Lill , David Savile, James Mellor
4-10
27 June 1975
When There’s No Law
John Batt
Michael Ferguson
Frederick Jaeger , Nigel Stock , Michael Robbins , Brian Hall
4-11
4 July 1975
Year of the Tiger
Ray Jenkins
Michael Ferguson
Phyllida Law , Peter Gilmore , Denis Lill , Frederick Jaeger , Arnold Diamond
4-12
11 July 1975
We’re the Bosses Now
John Batt
Derek Bennett
Kathleen Byron , Michael Culver , Bernard Kay , Peter Miles , William Russell
4-13
18 July 1975
Coroner’s Verdict
Edmund Ward
Bob Hird
John Nettleton , Derek Farr , Maurice O’Connell , Michael Turner , Rod Beacham , Michael Hawkins