Prospects (1986)
Prospects (1986)
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Release DateFebruary 19, 1986
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes12
Running Time1h
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Prospects is a British television comedy-drama series written by Alan Janes and originally released on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films, who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty dramas such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters, Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince and Billy 'Bill' Pearson, played by Gary Olsen and Brian Bovell respectively, and depicts their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs.
Comprising 12 episodes, Prospects was delivered with a comic slant and dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the "Thatcherite" '80s including unemployment, crime, poverty, regeneration, social change, and racism.The theme tune was written and composed by Ray Dorset. Although the vocals were meant to be sung by Roger Daltrey, the producers like Dorset's demo enough to offer him to do the vocals instead.The shows featured actors such as Ken Jones (Porridge) and Billy Hartman (Emmerdale).Prospects gained a cult following and rating-wise it performed well above expectations for Channel 4. At that time Channel 4 received a large subsidy from the rival commercial network ITV in exchange for the right to sell airtime; this gave ITV significant input into the management of the station. The success of Prospects and the fact that it was produced by a subsidiary of the ITV network's largest station Thames Television meant it was moved to a 9 pm prime-time repeat slot on ITV in the Spring/Summer of 1987. This fuelled rumours that the network wanted to develop Prospects into a long-running comedy-drama series, but ITV declined the opportunity to develop it beyond the original first 12-episode series.
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