Prospects - Season 1

Prospects - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes12
DatesFeb 19, 1986 - May 7, 1986

Episodes

The P to S Day
Season 1Episode 160 min

The P to S Day

Whilst Pincey and Billy collect their giros, they plan their next get rich quick scheme.

Pincey has the idea of a dating service based on astrology,the only problem is the only replies are from women, so Billy egged on by both Del and Pincey tries his hand at the boxing game but is soon out for the count!

Feb 19, 1986
Partners in Brine
Season 1Episode 260 min

Partners in Brine

Pincey buys the new company car-a hearse! They swap a few dozen boxes of pickled olives in brine for dolls in national dress which they have trouble flogging at first.

Pincey hooks up with a financial investor with dreams of transforming the dockland into a dolphinarium!

There's also some fisticuffs which result in Billy being wrongly arrested by Halforth, the copper who is out to get him and Pincey.

Feb 26, 1986
Uncle Harry's System
Season 1Episode 360 min

Uncle Harry's System

Pincey thinks he's onto a sure winner with a betting system his Uncle Harry invented, but at the greyhound track things don't go as planned!

Billy and Pincey also get into hot water with local villain Stretch when they are asked to look after,then deliver £500,which Pincey leaves behind in a chinese take-away.

Mar 5, 1986
Dirty Weekend
Season 1Episode 460 min

Dirty Weekend

Pincey and Billy find work on a building site and come across a racist bully and try and put one over on him.

Billy is in training to become a boxer again, and he and his girlfriend Lucy plan a camping holiday ,but don't figure on Pincey and his new girl, Mona, tagging along without tent poles!

Billy's quality time with Lucy is shattered when Pincey's tent collapses and they all bunk in together...

Mar 12, 1986
Rodent Engineers
Season 1Episode 560 min

Rodent Engineers

Pincey and Billy become pest control experts, and take the work of another rat-catcher who does his best to get his own back.

At first things go really well, but then the binmen accidently pick up their bottles of whiskey promised to a dour Scots customer, and they realise they should've set traps for the rodents, as usual things start to go pear-shaped.

Mar 19, 1986
Standing on Your Own One Foot
Season 1Episode 660 min

Standing on Your Own One Foot

Pincey and Billy decide to leave the Isle Of Dogs and rent a flat on Roman Road, Bow, East London.

The landlord is a religious nut, and the other tennants are a 'palmist' and a Jewish business man who is convinced the inland revenue are after him.

Pincey and Billy soon come face to face with the local fascists, and after having their van wheels pinched by them, play a game of cat and mouse.

Mar 26, 1986
Subterranean Pig Sick Blues
Season 1Episode 760 min

Subterranean Pig Sick Blues

Pincey gets a job as a car park attendant, and discovers an underground tunnel that leads to what he thinks is the door to a high street bank. He tells Billy who warns him to steer clear, but the thought of getting rich quick gets the better of Pincey and he offers the job to local gangster, Stretch, who agrees to 'blow open' the bank door and let Pincey have 10%.

Not surprisingly things don't go as planned.

Apr 2, 1986
Flying Tonight
Season 1Episode 860 min

Flying Tonight

Pincey is saving up for his own hot dog van,but in the meantime is working at 'The Happy Fryer' chip shop with George and Bess, who hate each other!

When Bess walks out George falls apart, so Pincey ropes in Billy and Mona to run the chippy, and when George says he'll give anything to have Bess back, Pincey sees his chance and says he'll find her for £100! Pincey and Billy do find Bess and she agrees to see George, but when they arrive at the chippy George has gone mad and prepares to boil Bess in the fat!

The police are called and everyone escapes and George is comitted to a mental hospital, but that ain't the end...

Apr 9, 1986
Four Men in a Boat
Season 1Episode 960 min

Four Men in a Boat

In need of cash to replace a collapsed van, the boys find work as waiters at an engagement party aboard a river boat.

Pincy sees fast cash in the form of a batch of Swiss watches, Mick finds his wife dancing with a guest and all hell breaks loose.

Apr 16, 1986
Follow the Yellow Brick Lane
Season 1Episode 1060 min

Follow the Yellow Brick Lane

Billy falls for ambitious pub singer Bev and, with Billy, strikes a deal for some cigarette lighters; unfortunately, they end up with a crate of butter. They set out to take revenge on both the dealer and Bev's manager.

Apr 23, 1986
Running All the Way (1)
Season 1Episode 1160 min

Running All the Way (1)

Convicted of stealing Vodka, Pincy and Billy are sent to prison. While inside, Pincy sees the chance to make some booze and do a trade in cigarettes.

The alcohol doesn't go down well and the pair make a bid for escape...

Apr 30, 1986
Running All the Way (2)
Season 1Episode 1260 min

Running All the Way (2)

Billy and Pincey escape from prison and find few friends on the run.

After trying and failing to rob an office, they are finally helped by Mona's boyfriend and soon find themselves in the middle of a gang war. A return to prison starts looking promising.

May 7, 1986

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