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The Best Episodes of The Main Chance

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...

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  1. 8.4/10(15 votes)

    #1 - Settlement Day

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    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:John Malcolm
  2. 8.4/10(17 votes)

    #2 - Acting for Self

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    Director:Marc Miller
    Writer:Ray Jenkins
  3. 8.3/10(11 votes)

    #3 - A Little Black and White Lie

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:David Weir
  4. 8.3/10(15 votes)

    #4 - World of Silence

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    Main helps a woman whose husband has died and faces getting struck off.

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    Director:Derek Bennett
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  5. 8.2/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Process

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    Main suffers a family tragedy which sees him and Clegg straying from the law to seee that justice is done.

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    Director:Derek Bennett
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  6. 8.2/10(14 votes)

    #6 - Coroner's Verdict

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    Director:Bob Hird
    Writer:Edmund Ward
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  7. 8.1/10(13 votes)

    #7 - First, You Eat - Later We Ruin You

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    David becomes suspicious when he is invited to set up a million-pound property deal

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:David Weir
  8. 8.1/10(14 votes)

    #8 - Love's Old Sweet Song

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  9. 8.1/10(16 votes)

    #9 - Dear Sir, Unless ...

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  10. 8.1/10(15 votes)

    #10 - Rule of Law

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    Director:Gareth Davies
    Writer:John Malcolm
  11. 8.1/10(16 votes)

    #11 - Survival

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    Director:Cyril Coke
    Writer:John Malcolm
  12. 8.0/10(17 votes)

    #12 - The Killing Ground

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  13. 8.0/10(15 votes)

    #13 - By the Book

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    A shady policeman comes to the attention of Main and Clegg.

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    Director:Cyril Coke
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  14. 7.9/10(18 votes)

    #14 - With All My Worldly Goods

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  15. 7.9/10(17 votes)

    #15 - Year of the Tiger

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    Main knows he must repay Walter Clegg's loyalty.

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    Director:Michael Ferguson
    Writer:Ray Jenkins
  16. 7.9/10(16 votes)

    #16 - We're the Bosses Now

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    Main is considering a new partnership.

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    Director:Derek Bennett
    Writer:John Malcolm
  17. 7.8/10(13 votes)

    #17 - The Piper Calls the Tune

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    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Louis Marks
  18. 7.8/10(14 votes)

    #18 - The Lady Who Went Too Far

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:David Weir
  19. 7.8/10(17 votes)

    #19 - Private Armies

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  20. 7.8/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Copper-Bottomed Cert

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    Director:Marc Miller
    Writer:David Lees
  21. 7.8/10(16 votes)

    #21 - Killing

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    Main questions the ethics of an offer he has been made.

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    Director:Cyril Coke
    Writer:Ray Jenkins
  22. 7.7/10(13 votes)

    #22 - The Walls of Jericho

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    Director:Christopher Hodson
    Writer:Louis Marks
  23. 7.7/10(14 votes)

    #23 - A View from the Chair

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    Director:Marc Miller
    Writer:Edmund Ward
  24. 7.7/10(13 votes)

    #24 - The Best Legal System in the World

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:John Malcolm
  25. 7.7/10(17 votes)

    #25 - Widow's Mite

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    Director:John Frankau
    Writer:John Malcolm

Best Episodes Summary

"Settlement Day" is the best rated episode of "The Main Chance". It scored 8.4/10 based on 15 votes. Directed by Christopher Hodson and written by John Malcolm, it aired on 11/30/1970. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Acting for Self".