Stay Lucky
| Stay Lucky | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 27 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Yorkshire Television |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Original run | 8 December 1989 – 6 August 1993 |
Stay Lucky is a 1989–1993 British television comedy-drama series. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.
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[edit] Plot
Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up North in Yorkshire. Helping widowed, self sufficient businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas reluctantly accepts an offer of a lift to Leeds. Over the coming months, the two become involved in a series of misadventures that soon finds them being drawn closer together.
[edit] Cast
- Jan Francis as Sally Hardcastle
- Dennis Waterman as Thomas Gynn
- Emma Wray as Pippa
- Niall Toibin as John Lively
- Ian McNeice as Franklyn Bysouth
- Willie Ross as Barney Potter
- Susan George as Samantha Mansfield
- Leslie Ash as Jo Blake
Others include Dougray Scott, Chris Jury, Belinda Lang, Amanda Noar and Rula Lenska.
[edit] Episode list
- Series 1
- A1 Rain Dancer
- The Howling
- Fool's Gold
- Series 2
- Burning Your Boats
- Bring Back My Barney to Me
- A Woman's Lot
- The Devil Wept in Leeds
- Trial by Marriage
- Hotrod Horace
- Bigamy Blues
- Series 3
- Poetic Justice
- The Food of Love
- Hard Times, Hard Men
- An Unsavoury Business
- The Sisters of Achill
- A Roman Empire
- Shingle Beach
- Series 4
- Flameproof and Free
- The Driving Instructor
- A Quick Killing
- Down to Earth
- The Long Road... There
- The Long Road... Back
- Gilding the Lily
- Blowing Bubbles
- Sand Dancer
- One Jump Ahead
[edit] Locations
Clarence Dock, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK (Series 1 - Sally's boatyard)
Canal Basin, Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire, England, UK (Series 2 and 3 - Sally's boatyard)
Armley Mills Industrial Museum, Armley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK (Series 4 - the Yorkshire Industrial Museum)
[edit] External links
- Dennis Waterman - Museum website
- Stay Lucky at the Internet Movie Database
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