The Main Chance(1969-1975)
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Overview
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: 4 • Episodes: 45
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Last Episode
11 Jul 1975 12:00 - 50 years ago
4x13 - Coroner's Verdict
Cast
John Stride
David Main
45 episodes
Anna Palk
Sarah Courtney
Lady Sarah Radchester
Lady Radchester
21 episodes
Glynn Edwards
Walter Clegg
Len Smith
20 episodes
John Arnatt
Sidney Bulmer
13 episodes
Philip Bond
Peter Findon
12 episodes
Estelle Kohler
Hilary Nash
Hilary Main
9 episodes
Sharon Maughan
Inge Lindstrom
Inge Belbin
7 episodes
Ingrid Hafner
Laura Granton
6 episodes
Gary Bond
Andrew Retford
Robert Gordon
5 episodes
Kate O'Mara
Julia Main
4 episodes
David Lodge
Det. Chief Insp. Guthrie
Det. Sup. Guthrie
Det. Ch. Supt. Guthrie
Det. Chief Supt. Guthrie
4 episodes
Denis Lill
Stephen Howard
4 episodes
Jack Watson
Harry Selby
Charles Arkwright
3 episodes
Ronald Radd
Lord Arkwright
Joseph Elvin
3 episodes
Bernard Kay
Patrick Bell
George Dyson
3 episodes
Stuart Wilson
Edward Ransom
William Trehearne
3 episodes
Frederick Jaeger
Peter Jarratt
3 episodes
Richard Wyler
Tim Cowley
2 episodes
Jack May
Harry Turner
Derrick Asher
2 episodes
Walter Gotell
Raymond Berry
Gilbert Fletcher
2 episodes
Georgina Ward
Edie Semple
2 episodes
Anthony Bate
Charles Ian Grady
Tom Kelly
2 episodes
Guy Slater
Reginald Harris
Richard Nash
2 episodes
Peter Cellier
Lawrence Wingrove
Braintree
2 episodes
Peter Jeffrey
Hugh Neville
Kenneth Manmer
2 episodes
John Harvey
Mr. Justice Fairburn
Chief Supt. Griffin
2 episodes
Peter Williams
Judge
Edward Stainer
2 episodes
Peter Gilmore
Anthony Gibbs-Revill
Tony Murray
2 episodes
Patrick Jordan
Smith
Insp. Bertram
2 episodes
Gerald Sim
Rufus Mansfield
2 episodes
John Welsh
Sir Stephen Kirwin
James Renshaw
2 episodes
Stuart Damon
Allan Hartmann
2 episodes
Roderic Noble
Michael Kelly
1 episode
George Innes
George Wilkinson
1 episode
Leslie Sands
Charles Arkwright
1 episode
Peter Halliday
John Smith
1 episode
Willoughby Goddard
Sir Ernest Lang
1 episode
Arthur Hewlett
Sir Archibald Maclaren
1 episode
Michael Elwyn
Lord Radchester
1 episode
Martin Boddey
Gilbert Ellnet
1 episode
John Normington
George Hargrave
1 episode
Tony Caunter
Harry Rowlands
1 episode
Noel Hood
Aunt Harriet
1 episode
Ballard Berkeley
Major Dibbyn
1 episode
Austin Trevor
Judge
1 episode
Victor Brooks
Police Sergeant
1 episode
Marjorie Rhodes
Ruth Paxton
1 episode
John Garrie
Ernest Paxton
1 episode
Walter Sparrow
Site Foreman
1 episode
Aubrey Morris
Elbert Cheever
1 episode
Aimée Delamain
Alice Greensmith
1 episode
Simon Oates
Godfrey Allen
1 episode
Arthur Brough
County Court Judge
1 episode
Anthony Baird
Watchman
1 episode
John Bennett
Raul Ramira
1 episode
Raymond Young
Charles Benoit
1 episode
Lesley Nunnerley
Rosa
1 episode
Dorothy Gordon
Mary Cooper
1 episode
Judy Huxtable
Olivia Marrett-Browne
1 episode
Elizabeth Shepherd
The Hon. Fiona Cowley
1 episode
Hamilton Dyce
Judge
1 episode
Brian Oulton
George Mynter
1 episode
Neil Wilson
Prison Doctor
1 episode
Norman Mitchell
Charles Willard
1 episode
Robin Hawdon
Alec Grafton
1 episode
Patrick Barr
Dr. John Grafton
1 episode
Hugh Cross
Coroner
1 episode
Richard Hurndall
Stipendiary Magistrate
1 episode
Diana Coupland
Mrs. Clifford
1 episode
John Westbrook
Charles Wainwright
1 episode
Bernard Hepton
Bridges
1 episode
David Hutcheson
Sir George More-Litton
1 episode
Vladek Sheybal
Otto Zobel
1 episode
Tom Kempinski
Doran
1 episode
Douglas Wilmer
Dr. Lowton
1 episode
Clifton Jones
Manuel Patino
1 episode
Valerie Murray
Carlo Patino
1 episode
Aly Ben Ayed
Abdul Naji
1 episode
Freddie Jones
Professor Ian Allardyce
1 episode
John Forrest
Twite
1 episode
Pat Heywood
Mrs. Elliott
1 episode
Laurence Hardy
Edward Main
1 episode
Noel Dyson
Janet Harrison
1 episode
Hilary Mason
Agnes McLaren
1 episode
Peter Bowles
Roger Lamb
1 episode
Paul Massie
Richard Swanson
1 episode
Wensley Pithey
Lord Bennett
1 episode
Georgina Hale
Sheila Smith
1 episode
Basil Dignam
Mr. Jory
1 episode
Frank Mills
Joe Brown
1 episode
John Collin
Charlie Webster
1 episode
James Bree
Mr. Fisher
1 episode
Robin Ellis
Donald Gordon Hopwood
1 episode
John Turner
Acting Supt. Grover
1 episode
Robert Raglan
Judge
1 episode
John Phillips
Arnold Bingley
1 episode
Hugh Morton
Stipendiary Magistrate
1 episode
Joan Greenwood
Mrs. Hilary Wenn
1 episode
Felix Aylmer
Judge
1 episode
Faith Brook
Susan Crawford
1 episode
James Copeland
Johnny Stewart
1 episode
Hildegard Neil
Ursula Findon
1 episode
Ralph Truman
Reginald Crowther
1 episode
Gareth Forwood
Julian Webb
1 episode
Percy Herbert
Gil Vasey
1 episode
Nicholas Courtney
James Harding
1 episode
Robin Askwith
Sammy Cutforth
1 episode
Morris Perry
Kellaway
1 episode
Michael Gwynn
Judge
1 episode
John Standing
Lord Radchester
1 episode
George Baker
Major Donovan
1 episode
Timothy Carlton
Jeremy Purcell-Browne
1 episode
Tom Watson
Sandy McGoggie
1 episode
Jan Carey
Mary McGoggie
1 episode
Patrick Troughton
Frederick Owen
1 episode
Donald Webster
Crump
1 episode
Bob Hoskins
Workman
1 episode
Norman Shelley
Sefton Gardiner
1 episode
Malcolm Tierney
Maj. Michael Gardiner
1 episode
Lyndon Brook
Lt. Col. Brant
1 episode
Basil Henson
Brigadier
1 episode
James Hazeldine
Staff Sgt. Timson
1 episode
Jacqueline Chan
Gina Gordon
1 episode
Heather Sears
Mary Wingrove
1 episode
Keith Marsh
Arthur Conway
1 episode
Clifford Rose
Lewis Savage
1 episode
Rowena Cooper
Fiona Kelly
1 episode
Malcolm Terris
Mr. Page
1 episode
Nora Nicholson
Mrs. Roach
1 episode
David Garfield
Edward J. Brown
1 episode
Dorothy Alison
Chairman of Magistrates
1 episode
Hugh Moxey
Judge Belling
1 episode
Peter Arne
Ernest Leggatt
1 episode
Barbara Young
Hilda Walker
1 episode
Richard Easton
Dr. Milner
1 episode
Emrys James
Derek Adams
1 episode
Gilbert Wynne
Frank Gerrard
1 episode
Ronald Adam
Sir Charles Braithwaite
1 episode
Richard Mathews
Arnold Henderson
1 episode
Candace Glendenning
Denny
1 episode
Gerald Flood
William Arkwright
1 episode
Derek Smith
Joe Meadows
1 episode
Windsor Davies
George Halloran
1 episode
Laurence Payne
James Galbraith
1 episode
Scott Forbes
Det. Insp. Lampeter
1 episode
John Horsley
Magistrate
1 episode
Tessa Wyatt
Joey Richards
1 episode
Mark Burns
Warren Iveson
1 episode
Michael Gough
Sir George Andrews
1 episode
Alister Williamson
Tom Maxwell
1 episode
Shirley Dixon
Sally Howard
1 episode
Noel Willman
Magistrate
1 episode
Allan Cuthbertson
Ian Osborn Utley
1 episode
Michael Sheard
Analyst
1 episode
Dave Hill
George Duncan
1 episode
Antony Carrick
James Cosgrove
1 episode
Edward Underdown
Judge
1 episode
Jeffrey Segal
Magistrate
1 episode
Edward Judd
Det. Insp. Shannon
1 episode
Leslie Schofield
Roy Wilson Gibbard
1 episode
Madge Hindle
Winifred Tindell
1 episode
George Sewell
Harry Kenton
1 episode
John Stratton
Edward Pendlebury
1 episode
Geoffrey Chater
Peter Redman
1 episode
Ed Devereaux
Paul Miller
1 episode
David Daker
Jacobson
1 episode
Andy Bradford
Terry Barrett
1 episode
Gillian Raine
Denise Clegg
1 episode
Donald Douglas
Philip Betton
1 episode
Anthony Sharp
Sir Martin Fulford
1 episode
Sylvia Barter
Juvenile Court Chairman
1 episode
Ray Smith
Joe Holroyd
1 episode
Derek Francis
Sir James Darren
1 episode
Joseph Brady
George Allen
1 episode
Artro Morris
Robert Jordan
1 episode
Chloe Franks
Liz Main
1 episode
John Savident
Donald Jarram
1 episode
Tony Melody
Sammy Dayton
1 episode
Nigel Stock
George Fisher
1 episode
Michael Robbins
Gerry Baxter
1 episode
Brian Hall
Sammy Beddowes
1 episode
Phyllida Law
Alison Murray
1 episode
Arnold Diamond
Tribunal Chairman
1 episode
Peter Miles
Arthur Wainright
1 episode
Kathleen Byron
Amanda Retford
1 episode
William Russell
Arnold Galbraith
1 episode
Michael Culver
Roger Lockhart
1 episode
Derek Farr
Robert Douglas
1 episode
John Nettleton
Joseph Shelton
1 episode
Margo Johns
Mrs. Fenway
1 episode
Maurice O'Connell
Det. Sgt. Ray Allington
1 episode
Michael Hawkins
Harold Layton
1 episode
Diane Mercer
Dorothy Yeldham
1 episode
Info
Status
Ended
Original Language
English
Networks
ITV1