The Main Chance

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1969 • Drama

Rating: 8.2 / 10

Status: Ended

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 45

Original Language: English

Network: ITV1

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.

Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 2 Episodes

1 - A Time to Love, a Time to Die (Mon, Sep 14, 1970)
2 - It Could Happen to You (Mon, Sep 21, 1970)
3 - First, You Eat - Later We Ruin You (Mon, Sep 28, 1970)
4 - A Little Black and White Lie (Mon, Oct 5, 1970)
5 - The Walls of Jericho (Mon, Oct 12, 1970)
6 - A View from the Chair (Mon, Oct 19, 1970)
7 - The Best Legal System in the World (Mon, Oct 26, 1970)
8 - The Piper Calls the Tune (Mon, Nov 2, 1970)
9 - A Man I Know to Be Innocent... (Mon, Nov 9, 1970)
10 - A Vision of the Future (Mon, Nov 16, 1970)
11 - The Lady Who Went Too Far (Mon, Nov 23, 1970)
12 - Settlement Day (Mon, Nov 30, 1970)
13 - Private Armies (Mon, Dec 7, 1970)

Season 3 Episodes

1 - The Killing Ground (Wed, Jun 7, 1972)
2 - Love's Old Sweet Song (Wed, Jun 14, 1972)
3 - Acting for Self (Wed, Jun 21, 1972)
4 - Not In Today's Army (Wed, Jun 28, 1972)
5 - Widow's Mite (Wed, Jul 5, 1972)
6 - The Next Great Train Robbery (Wed, Jul 12, 1972)
7 - Where Did I Leave My Shining Armour? (Wed, Jul 19, 1972)
8 - Copper-Bottomed Cert (Wed, Jul 26, 1972)
9 - Doll On A Wall (Wed, Aug 2, 1972)
10 - Choice of Jungles (Wed, Aug 9, 1972)
11 - Fit-Up (Wed, Aug 16, 1972)
12 - One For The House (Wed, Aug 23, 1972)
13 - Dear Sir, Unless ... (Wed, Aug 30, 1972)

Season 4 Episodes

1 - Process (Fri, Apr 18, 1975)
2 - World of Silence (Fri, Apr 25, 1975)
3 - Rule of Law (Fri, May 2, 1975)
4 - Payment by Result (Fri, May 9, 1975)
5 - Survival (Fri, May 16, 1975)
6 - No Names (Fri, May 23, 1975)
7 - It Couldn't Happen Here (Fri, May 30, 1975)
8 - Killing (Fri, Jun 6, 1975)
9 - By the Book (Fri, Jun 13, 1975)
10 - When There's No Law (Fri, Jun 20, 1975)
11 - Year of the Tiger (Fri, Jun 27, 1975)
12 - We're the Bosses Now (Fri, Jul 4, 1975)
13 - Coroner's Verdict (Fri, Jul 11, 1975)

Main Cast

John Stride

John Stride

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