The Gamblers

S1.E1 ∙ Read 'em and Weep

This anthology drama series from Associated-Rediffusion presented stories of people who take a gamble – sometimes with their lives – in order to prove a point or better their position.

S1.E2 ∙ Oil and Water

A Jew gambles his whole upbringing on marrying a gentile to prove love is all you need.

S1.E3 ∙ The Wednesday Game

S1.E4 ∙ When the Chips Are Down

S1.E5 ∙ My Dear Sirs

S1.E6 ∙ How Well Do You Know This Man?

S1.E7 ∙ The Wrecker

S1.E8 ∙ Arthur Through the Looking Class

S1.E9 ∙ Lily Jumps and Jim Loses

S1.E10 ∙ The Glory of Llewellyn Smiley

Stars Ralph Michael as ageing General Cudlipp, who lived in a home for retired officers and Ronnie Barker as Llewellyn Smiley, the commissionaire at the local cinema who Cudlipp gambles can pass for a retired officer.

S1.E11 ∙ Tycoon of the Year

S1.E12 ∙ The Man Beneath

A miner gambles that him staying down a mine on his own, will bring in the press and bring attention to the amount of pits closing down around the country.

S1.E13 ∙ The Bridge

A bridge offers a gamble during the 1944 Normandy Landings.

S1.E14 ∙ Give and Take

S1.E15 ∙ Thirty Stretch

Stars John Binden as Patsy Fagan, a man imprisoned for thirty years who plots his escape with his brother, John (Robert Russell).

S1.E16 ∙ Mates!