The Main Chance (1969)
The Main Chance (1969)
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

John Stride
David Main

Edmund Ward
Creator / Writer

John Malcolm
Creator / Writer

John Frankau
Director

Christopher Hodson
Director

Marc Miller
Director

Derek Bennett
Director

Cyril Coke
Director

Michael Ferguson
Director

Tony Wharmby
Director

Bob Hird
Director

Gareth Davies
Director

Tim Ritson
Editor

Max Wheeler
Editor

Peter Taylor
Editor

Allen Jewhurst
Editor

Ray Jenkins
Writer

David Weir
Writer

Louis Marks
Writer

David Lees
Writer

Roderic Noble
Michael Kelly

George Innes
George Wilkinson

Leslie Sands
Charles Arkwright

Frederick Danner
Anthony Arkwright

Peter Halliday
John Smith

Alan Bird
Det. Sgt. Rafferty

Julian Grant
Det. Con. Sharp

Willoughby Goddard
Sir Ernest Lang

Arthur Hewlett
Sir Archibald Maclaren

Michael Elwyn
Lord Radchester

Joan Peart
Mrs. Hume-Gilbert

John Atkinson
Magistrate

Martin Boddey
Gilbert Ellnet

Michael Atha
Page Boy

John Normington
George Hargrave

Murray Evans
Mort Harper

Frank Barrie
Richard Pryce-Hartley

John Crocker
Oliver Griffiths

Robert Hartley
Frederick

John Graham
Roy Sanderson

Tony Caunter
Harry Rowlands

Noel Hood
Aunt Harriet

Ballard Berkeley
Major Dibbyn

Georgine Anderson
Mrs. Kellaway

Morris Parsons
Park Keeper

Austin Trevor
Judge

Frank Sieman
Jury Foreman

Geoffrey Denton
Court Chairman

Victor Brooks
Police Sergeant

John Law
Fletcher's Solicitor

Marjorie Rhodes
Ruth Paxton

John Garrie
Ernest Paxton

Michael Gover
James Earnshaw

Michael Beint
George Seager

Walter Sparrow
Site Foreman

Stuart Saunders
Salesman

Aubrey Morris
Elbert Cheever

Alfred Bell
Tobias Wheeler / Det. Sgt. Abbott

Aimée Delamain
Alice Greensmith

Simon Oates
Godfrey Allen

Arthur Brough
County Court Judge

Anthony Baird
Watchman

John Bennett
Raul Ramira

Alan Browning
Montero

Raymond Young
Charles Benoit

Lesley Nunnerley
Rosa

Dorothy Gordon
Mary Cooper

Lane Meddick
Cooper

David Grey
Sanches

David Trevena
Prison Cook

Al Garcia
Porter

Kate O'Mara
Julia Main

Judy Huxtable
Olivia Marrett-Browne

Richard Wyler
Tim Cowley

Elizabeth Shepherd
The Hon. Fiona Cowley

Hamilton Dyce
Judge

Brian Oulton
George Mynter

Neil Wilson
Prison Doctor

Liz Bamber
Priscilla Graves

Norman Mitchell
Charles Willard

William Wilde
Elwyn Richards

Robin Hawdon
Alec Grafton

Patrick Barr
Dr. John Grafton

Hugh Cross
Coroner

David Lodge
Det. Chief Insp. Guthrie / Det. Ch. Supt. Guthrie / Det. Chief Supt. Guthrie / Det. Sup. Guthrie

Richard Hurndall
Stipendiary Magistrate

Alan Clements
Ambulanceman

Jack May
Derrick Asher / Harry Turner

Diana Coupland
Mrs. Clifford

Brian Rawlinson
George Langden

John Westbrook
Charles Wainwright

David Steuart
Judge

Walter Gotell
Raymond Berry / Gilbert Fletcher

Valerie Sarruf
Meriel Manmer

Bernard Hepton
Bridges

David Hutcheson
Sir George More-Litton

Vladek Sheybal
Otto Zobel

Tom Kempinski
Doran

Georgina Ward
Edie Semple

Douglas Wilmer
Dr. Lowton

Elizabeth Begley
Mrs. Donnell

Margaret Brady
Eileen Donnell

Clifton Jones
Manuel Patino

Valerie Murray
Carlo Patino

Aly Ben Ayed
Abdul Naji

Freddie Jones
Professor Ian Allardyce

Jack Woolgar
Arthur Litchfield / George Cutforth

Cynthia Grenville
Mary Allardyce

John Forrest
Twite

Frank Tregear
Waiter

Sheila Hudson
Receptionist

Pat Heywood
Mrs. Elliott

Laurence Hardy
Edward Main

Noel Dyson
Janet Harrison

Hilary Mason
Agnes McLaren

Kenneth Edwards
Magistrate

Peter Bowles
Roger Lamb

Paul Massie
Richard Swanson

Wensley Pithey
Lord Bennett

Arthur Pentelow
Arnold Foster

Marian Diamond
Henrietta Carson

Georgina Hale
Sheila Smith

Robert Cawdron
Crispin

Anthony Bate
Tom Kelly / Charles Ian Grady

Brian McDermott
Allan Whittaker

Basil Dignam
Mr. Jory

Edward Harvey
Inspector / Barrister

Frank Mills
Joe Brown

Delia Paton
Stella Brown

John Collin
Charlie Webster

Glenn Williams
Stacey

James Bree
Mr. Fisher

Andrew Laurence
Harris / Simon Tredgarth

Edward Evans
Mr. Griffiths

Robin Ellis
Donald Gordon Hopwood

John Turner
Acting Supt. Grover

John Humphry
Harvey Lingwood

Michael Cooper
Magistrate - Tom Withers

Robert Raglan
Judge

John Allison
John Howard

Arch Taylor
Warrant Officer

John Phillips
Arnold Bingley

Michael Collins
Jack Gillam

Robin Ford
George Auckland

Hugh Morton
Stipendiary Magistrate

Preston Lockwood
Ministry Inspector

Barbara Ogilvie
Mrs. Ada Harrington

Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Hilary Wenn

Nicholas Pennell
Jeremy Upjohn

Felix Aylmer
Judge

Faith Brook
Susan Crawford

Guy Slater
Reginald Harris / Richard Nash

James Copeland
Johnny Stewart

Hildegard Neil
Ursula Findon

John Barcroft
Ian Matthews / Mark Freedler

Ralph Truman
Reginald Crowther

Peter Cellier
Lawrence Wingrove / Braintree

Gareth Forwood
Julian Webb

Jack Watson
Harry Selby / Charles Arkwright

John Arnatt
Sidney Bulmer

Percy Herbert
Gil Vasey

Nicholas Courtney
James Harding

Geoffrey Frederick
Det. Sgt. Ransome

Jacqueline Maude
Lady Magistrate

Norman Claridge
Stipendiary Magistrate

Robin Askwith
Sammy Cutforth

Paul Guess
Peter Cutforth

David Purcell
Les Parfitt

Kathleen St John
Lily / Mrs. Cullen

Morris Perry
Kellaway

Roy Purcell
Sgt. Purdie

Frederick Bartman
John Eldon

Michael Gwynn
Judge

John Standing
Lord Radchester

George Baker
Major Donovan

Timothy Carlton
Jeremy Purcell-Browne

Robert Keegan
Sam Bradshaw

Tom Watson
Sandy McGoggie

Jan Carey
Mary McGoggie

Patrick Troughton
Frederick Owen

Donald Webster
Crump

Peter Jeffrey
Hugh Neville / Kenneth Manmer

Matthew Guinness
Merton

Joseph McKenna
Keir McGoggie

Maev Alexander
Miss Bush

Bob Hoskins
Workman

Norman Shelley
Sefton Gardiner

Malcolm Tierney
Maj. Michael Gardiner

Lyndon Brook
Lt. Col. Brant

Basil Henson
Brigadier

Seymour Matthews
Adjutant

Leon Sinden
Judge

Anna Palk
Sarah Courtney / Lady Sarah Radchester / Lady Radchester

James Hazeldine
Staff Sgt. Timson

Peter Attard
Pvt. Pike

Ronald Radd
Lord Arkwright / Joseph Elvin

John Harvey
Chief Supt. Griffin / Mr. Justice Fairburn

Philip Newman
Edward Moss

Jacqueline Chan
Gina Gordon

Heather Sears
Mary Wingrove

Peter Williams
Judge / Edward Stainer

Keith Marsh
Arthur Conway

Clifford Rose
Lewis Savage

Rowena Cooper
Fiona Kelly

Malcolm Terris
Mr. Page

Norman Scace
Magistrate / Anthony Markson

Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Roach

David Garfield
Edward J. Brown

Joe Dunlop
Det. Con. Rigg

Dorothy Alison
Chairman of Magistrates

Ellis Dale
Ticket Collector

Bernard Kay
Patrick Bell / George Dyson

Hugh Moxey
Judge Belling

Peter Arne
Ernest Leggatt

Valerie Dane
Main's Secretary / David Main's Secretary

Barbara Young
Hilda Walker

Richard Easton
Dr. Milner

Richard Burrell
Robert Varney

Emrys James
Derek Adams

Etain O'Dell
Joyce Adams

Gilbert Wynne
Frank Gerrard

Sandra Duncan
Carol Gerrard

Ronald Adam
Sir Charles Braithwaite

Richard Mathews
Arnold Henderson

Scott Anthony
Tony

Philip Brack
Col. Charles Everett / Sam Thornaby

Candace Glendenning
Denny

Benedicta Leigh
Mrs. Gadley

Julia Jones
Mary Walton

Gerald Flood
William Arkwright

Derek Smith
Joe Meadows

Windsor Davies
George Halloran

Laurence Payne
James Galbraith

Scott Forbes
Det. Insp. Lampeter

Peter Gilmore
Anthony Gibbs-Revill / Tony Murray

John Horsley
Magistrate

Peter Winter
Malcolm Evans

John Plume
Tony Evans

Tessa Wyatt
Joey Richards

Estelle Kohler
Hilary Nash / Hilary Main

Mark Burns
Warren Iveson

Brian Hawksley
Chairman of Magistrates / Welborn

David Butler
Peter McWilliam

Michael Gough
Sir George Andrews

Gillian Hawser
Lady Annabel Andrews

John Bown
Neville Carson

Alister Williamson
Tom Maxwell

Frederick Treves
Simon Rimsey / Stanton

David Savile
Buckley / Edward Bellingham

Shirley Dixon
Sally Howard

Cynthia Michaelis
Sir George's Secretary

Anthony Sagar
George Cleveland

Noel Willman
Magistrate

Allan Cuthbertson
Ian Osborn Utley

Peter Birrel
Michael Coburn / Joe Farrell

Hugh Sullivan
Peter Gregg-Bowen

James Donnelly
Joe Marshall

Arthur White
William Shelton

Michael Sheard
Analyst

Frank Duncan
William Pirbright / Swiss Judge

Dave Hill
George Duncan

Charles Morgan
Harry Selby

Antony Carrick
James Cosgrove

Nigel Lambert
Eric Anderson

Edward Underdown
Judge

Patrick Jordan
Insp. Bertram / Smith

Jeffrey Segal
Magistrate

Stuart Wilson
Edward Ransom / William Trehearne

Richard Hampton
William Eversley

Eve Pearce
Mrs Brockford

Glynn Edwards
Walter Clegg / Len Smith

Martin Leroy
Mr Brockford

Andrew Lane
Percy Roper

Gary Bond
Andrew Retford / Robert Gordon

John Moore
Coroner

Edward Judd
Det. Insp. Shannon

Gerald Sim
Rufus Mansfield

Leslie Schofield
Roy Wilson Gibbard

Carleton Hobbs
Lord Chief Justice

Alison Mead
Receptionist

Tom Gowling
Usher

Philip Bond
Peter Findon

Barrie Cookson
Executive Officer

Cyril Cross
Removal Foreman

Madge Hindle
Winifred Tindell

Ivan Beavis
Percy Griffin

Ian Thompson
Presenting Officer

George Sewell
Harry Kenton

John Stratton
Edward Pendlebury

Geoffrey Chater
Peter Redman

Ed Devereaux
Paul Miller

David Daker
Jacobson

William Fox
High Court Judge

Andy Bradford
Terry Barrett

Gillian Raine
Denise Clegg

John Welsh
James Renshaw / Sir Stephen Kirwin

Donald Douglas
Philip Betton

Anthony Sharp
Sir Martin Fulford

David Lincoln
Brian Ford

Alison Hughes
Linda Mason

Peter Sandles
Terry

Martin Flynn
Keith

Sylvia Barter
Juvenile Court Chairman

John Hartley
PC Lever

Eric Mason
Lorry Driver

Ray Smith
Joe Holroyd

Derek Francis
Sir James Darren

Keith Washington
Richard Darren

Joseph Brady
George Allen

Frank Wylie
Yorkie

Sharon Maughan
Inge Lindstrom / Inge Belbin

Artro Morris
Robert Jordan

Anthony Roye
Crown Court Judge

Stuart Damon
Allan Hartmann

Chloe Franks
Liz Main

Gwen Cherrell
Annie Selby-Wilson

John Savident
Donald Jarram

Harry Walker
Byrne

Tony Melody
Sammy Dayton

James Mellor
George Matthews

Anthony Woodruff
Crown Court Judge

Nigel Stock
George Fisher

Michael Robbins
Gerry Baxter

Prue Clarke
Rachel Baxter

Brian Hall
Sammy Beddowes

Yvonne Sommerling
Receptionist

Fred Gaunt
Prosecuting Barrister

Phyllida Law
Alison Murray

Denis Lill
Stephen Howard

Frederick Jaeger
Peter Jarratt

Arnold Diamond
Tribunal Chairman

Peter Ellis
Towers

Roger Booth
Magnus Tait

Peter Miles
Arthur Wainright

Kathleen Byron
Amanda Retford

Christine Early
Receptionist
Media.

Details.
This TV Show Is About.
Scripted
Wiki.
The Main Chance is a British television series first aired on ITV in four series between 1969 and 1975. It is a drama series that depicts the sudden transformation in the life of a solicitor, David Main (played by John Stride), after he moves from London to Leeds. It was created by Edmund Ward and John Malcolm; the latter was a pseudonym for John Batt who was a practising solicitor. Batt also composed the theme music.
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