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The Main Chance

1969–1975 · 4 seasons

A measured, talky legal drama that immerses you in office politics and moral compromises, with a quietly ambitious protagonist.

Genres
Drama
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.
How it feels
Earnest, cynical and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Ambition, class, morality, power
Content
Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • class
  • morality
  • power
  • work
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Edmund Ward, John Malcolm
Written by
David Weir, Edmund Ward, John Malcolm, Ray Jenkins
Starring
John Stride, Roderic Noble, George Innes, Leslie Sands, Frederick Danner, Peter Halliday, Alan Bird, Julian Grant
Length
4 seasons, 45 episodes, 60 min each
Network
ITV1
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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