List of The Main Chance episodes

This is a list of episodes for the ITV television series The Main Chance.

Episodes

First Series

Episode #	Original Air Date (UK)	Episode Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
1-01	18 June 1969	What About Justice?	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	George Innes, Peter Halliday, Arthur Hewlett, Michael Elwyn, Martin Boddey
1-02	25 June 1969	Body and Soul	Edmund Ward	Christopher Hodson	Tony Caunter, Walter Gotell, Murray Evans, Ballard Berkeley, John Normington, John Law
1-03	2 July 1969	The Professional	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	Jack Woolgar, Anthony Bate, Michael Gover, Walter Sparrow
1-04	9 July 1969	Liar's Dice	Edmund Ward	Christopher Hodson	Aubrey Morris, Geoffrey Chater, Simon Oates, Aimée Delamain
1-05	16 July 1969	The Privilege of Justice	Edmund Ward	Christopher Hodson	John Bennett, Alan Browning, David Grey
1-06	23 July 1969	With All My Worldly Goods...	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	Elizabeth Shepherd, Jack May, Hamilton Dyce, Neil Wilson, Norman Mitchell, William Wilde

Second Series

Episode #	Original Air Date (UK)	Episode Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
2-01	14 September 1970	A Time to Love, A Time to Die	Edmund Ward	Christopher Hodson	Bernard Kay, Patrick Barr, David Lodge, Richard Hurndall
2-02	21 September 1970	It Could Happen to You	Edmund Ward	Marc Miller	Diana Coupland, Bernard Kay
2-03	28 September 1970	First, You Eat - Later We Ruin You	David Weir	John Frankau	Bernard Hepton, Peter Jeffrey, Vladek Sheybal
2-04	5 October 1970	A Little Black and White Lie	David Weir	John Frankau	Clifton Jones, Douglas Wilmer, Valerie Murray, Jack May
2-05	12 October 1970	The Walls of Jericho	Louis Marks	Christopher Hodson	Freddie Jones, Peter Cellier, Cynthia Grenville
2-06	19 October 1970	A View from the Chair	Edmund Ward	Marc Miller	Ronald Radd, Pat Heywood, Hilary Mason, John Harvey, Noel Dyson
2-07	26 October 1970	The Best Legal System in the World	John Malcolm	John Frankau	Peter Bowles, Glynn Edwards, Georgina Hale, Robert Cawdron
2-08	2 November 1970	The Piper Calls the Tune	Louis Marks	Christopher Hodson	John Collin, Frank Mills, Brian McDermott, James Bree, Edward Evans
2-09	9 November 1970	A Man I Know to Be Innocent…	John Malcolm	Christopher Hodson	Robin Ellis, John Turner
2-10	16 November 1970	A Vision of the Future	Edmund Ward	Christopher Hodson	Peter Gilmore, Jack Watson, Preston Lockwood, Michael Collins, Hugh Morton
2-11	23 November 1970	The Lady Who Went Too Far	David Weir	John Frankau	Joan Greenwood, Nicholas Pennell, Felix Aylmer, David Blake Kelly
2-12	30 November 1970	Settlement Day	John Malcolm	Christopher Hodson	Hildegarde Neil, Walter Gotell, James Copeland, Faith Brook
2-13	7 December 1970	Private Armies	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	David Lodge, Nicholas Courtney, Percy Herbert, Geoffrey Frederick, Norman Claridge

Third Series

Episode #	Original Air Date (UK)	Episode Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
3-01	7 June 1972	The Killing Ground	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	Robin Askwith, Jack Woolgar, Jack Watson, Guy Slater, David Purcell, Roy Purcell, Morris Perry
3-02	14 June 1972	Love’s Old Sweet Song	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	George Baker, John Standing, Robert Keegan
3-03	21 June 1972	Acting for Self	Ray Jenkins	Marc Miller	Bob Hoskins, Patrick Troughton, Tom Watson, Brian Hawksley, David Savile
3-04	28 June 1972	Not in Today’s Army	John Batt	Marc Miller	James Hazeldine, Malcolm Tierney, Lyndon Brook
3-05	5 July 1972	Widow’s Mite	John Batt	John Frankau	Jacqui Chan, Peter Cellier, Gary Bond, Heather Sears, Keith Marsh
3-06	12 July 1972	The Next Great Train Robbery	Ray Jenkins	Marc Miller	Anthony Bate, Clifford Rose, Malcolm Terris, David Garfield
3-07	19 July 1972	Where Did I Leave My Shining Armour?	Edmund Ward	Marc Miller	Stuart Wilson, Barbara Young, Peter Arne, Richard Easton, Richard Burrell, Hugh Moxey
3-08	26 July 1972	Copper-Bottomed Cert	David Lees	Marc Miller	Emrys James, Gilbert Wynne, Richard Mathews
3-09	2 August 1972	Doll on a Wall	Ray Jenkins	John Frankau	Frederick Treves, Scott Anthony, Candace Glendenning
3-10	9 August 1972	Choice of Jungles	Edmund Ward	Marc Miller	Windsor Davies, Stuart Wilson, Gerald Flood, Derek Smith, Laurence Payne
3-11	16 August 1972	Fit- Up	Ray Jenkins	John Frankau	Tessa Wyatt, John Horsley, Scott Forbes
3-12	23 August 1972	One for the House	John Batt	John Frankau	Alister Williamson, John Bown, Peter Birrel, Shirley Dixon
3-13	30 August 1972	Dear Sir, Unless…	Edmund Ward	John Frankau	Allan Cuthbertson, Noel Willman

Fourth Series

Episode #	Original Air Date (UK)	Episode Title	Writer	Director	Guest cast
4-01	18 April 1975	Process	Edmund Ward	Derek Bennett	Michael Sheard, Denis Lill, Antony Carrick, Frederick Treves, Charles Morgan, Nigel Lambert, Peter Birrel, Edward Underdown
4-02	25 April 1975	World of Silence	Edmund Ward	Derek Bennett	Ronald Radd, Denis Lill, Frederick Treves, Richard Hampton, Andrew Lane
4-03	2 May 1975	Rule of Law	John Batt	Gareth Davies	Leslie Schofield, Carleton Hobbs, Peter Jeffrey, Edward Judd, John Harvey
4-04	9 May 1975	Payment by Result	Edmund Ward	Derek Bennett	Ingrid Hafner, Stuart Damon, Philip Bond, Ian Thompson
4-05	16 May 1975	Survival	John Batt	Cyril Coke	George Sewell, Geoffrey Chater, David Daker, John Stratton, William Fox
4-06	23 May 1975	No Names	Ray Jenkins	Tony Wharmby	Donald Douglas, Brian Hawksley, Eric Mason, Martin Flynn
4-07	30 May 1975	It Couldn’t Happen Here	Edmund Ward	Tony Wharmby	Stuart Wilson, Ray Smith, Frederick Jaeger, Derek Francis, Frank Wylie
4-08	6 June 1975	Killing	Ray Jenkins	Cyril Coke	John Savident, Stuart Damon
4-09	20 June 1975	By the Book	Edmund Ward	Cyril Coke	Tony Melody, Denis Lill, David Savile, James Mellor
4-10	27 June 1975	When There’s No Law	John Batt	Michael Ferguson	Frederick Jaeger, Nigel Stock, Michael Robbins, Brian Hall
4-11	4 July 1975	Year of the Tiger	Ray Jenkins	Michael Ferguson	Phyllida Law, Peter Gilmore, Denis Lill, Frederick Jaeger, Arnold Diamond
4-12	11 July 1975	We’re the Bosses Now	John Batt	Derek Bennett	Kathleen Byron, Michael Culver, Bernard Kay, Peter Miles, William Russell
4-13	18 July 1975	Coroner’s Verdict	Edmund Ward	Bob Hird	John Nettleton, Derek Farr, Maurice O’Connell, Michael Turner, Rod Beacham, Michael Hawkins