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Big Deal
Life's a Gamble.
Overview
The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.
Key Crew
Writer: Geoff McQueen, Gawn Grainger, Max Marquis
Producer: Terence Williams
Top Cast
Ray Brooks
Robby Box
Pamela Cundell
Vi Box
Sharon Duce
Jan Oliver
Lisa Geoghan
Debbie Oliver
Stephen Tate
Dick Meyer
Frank Mills
Gil Roach
James Ottaway
Tommy
Deirdre Costello
Joan
Seasons
Season 1 (1984)
No overview available.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Red Lady, Black Night
1984-10-14Robby Box makes his living playing poker. Some people say he's got it made, but his girlfriend Jan isn't one of them.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 2: One Good Turnover
1984-10-21Professional poker players like Robby Box meet all sorts of opponents. When they lose, some get very upset....
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 3: A Ragged Run
1984-10-28Robby susses out a crooked gambling house for a friend, but only brings trouble on himself....
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 4: Some You Win...
1984-11-04An evening race meeting, a horse that can't lose! Robby Box must get to the course and place his bet. But Jan has other plans.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 5: The Luck of the Irish
1984-11-11One of Robby Box 's cronies goes to the big betting shop in the sky. Now it's up to Robby to make sure he gets a good send-off.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 6: Fighting Chance
1984-11-18Robby Box is invited to play poker with the nobs, but first he must find the 'sit-down' money. There's a 'fixed' fight he can bet on - but which way has it been 'fixed'?
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 7: Video Man
1984-12-02Henry Diamond take the day off. But is Robby's new business all it appears to be?
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 8: Cash Flow
1984-12-09Robby Box makes a couple of discoveries: old friends aren't always the best friends, and love can be very expensive.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 9: Nine Bob Notes
1984-12-23Robby Box and his mate, Geordie, scare an intruder out of Henry Diamond's yard. They think they are doing Diamond a favour.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 10: Home and Dry
1984-12-30Robby Box has saved up nearly all the money he needs to get straight with the tax man. But now he hears that an American, Mr Poker himself, has just flown in.
Runtime: 50 min
Season 2 (1985)
No overview available.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Down and Under
1985-09-03Robby Box is down and out in London. His girlfriend Jan is down under. Will they never meet?
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 2: Getting Knotted
1985-09-10After hitting rock-bottom, there's only one way for Robby Box to go. But first he must come to terms with Jan. And then find his mother's missing bridegroom.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 3: What Are Friends For?
1985-09-17Mum's marriage on the rocks already? And a well-heeled rival for Jan's affections ... everything seems to be falling apart again for Robby Box.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 4: Popping Across the Pond
1985-09-24Desperate to stop Jan from going back to Australia, Robby Box has a brainwave. Or is it his worst idea yet?
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 5: Breakthrough
1985-10-01Robby Box is flying high, establishing himself as a sober citizen. But Jan is getting into deep water with Grover and his friends.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 6: Guv'nor
1985-10-08With half of the Dragon Club in his pocket Robby Box gets the chance to win it all.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 7: Partners
1985-10-15Robby Box , the new owner of the 'Dragon Club', seems to be getting his head above water at last. Then an old enemy turns up.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 8: The Rabbit and the Mare
1985-10-22Ferret's dog, Mrs MacGregor, goes missing again and Robby Box sees a long-odds chance of making a killing.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 9: Windfall
1985-10-29Robby Box can no longer duck and dive away from the taxman. But when Debby's life is threatened, tax is the least of his problems.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 10: I Gotta Horse
1985-11-05Robby Box has a new female friend, Sadie Toscana. Can Sadie bring him and Jan together again?
Runtime: 50 min
Season 3 (1986)
No overview available.
10 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: The Big Sleep
1986-09-02Promises to Jan, debts to the Inland Revenue, Robby is at it again, keeping too many balls in the air. His only assets are his wits and his club.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 2: The Z Team
1986-09-09At the bottom of the heap again, Robby Box will do anything for money. He'll even teach his friends to play poker!
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 3: Deals on Wheels
1986-09-16Robby Box sorts out a fiddle at Gil's Betting Shop and helps a friend in need.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 4: Tuppence Coloured
1986-09-23When Robby Box wins a card game in the hospital, he ends up 'painting the town'.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 5: The Chicken and the Egg
1986-09-30Robby Box will bet on anything, but it's a different matter when it comes to gambling with his own life.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 6: Panel Money
1986-10-07Lumbered with a cuckoo in the nest, Robby Box sets out to put things right, but gets them wrong.... and right.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 7: Following in Father's Footsteps
1986-10-14Robby Box has something he would like to say to Jan, but Ronnie Day and a load of forged bank-notes get in his way ...
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 8: Playing the Ace
1986-10-21Robby Box goes a long way out of his way to help a lady and himself.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 9: The Biggest Deal
1986-10-28Robby Box is perfectly serious about giving up gambling... until he hears a certain American is in town.
Runtime: 50 minEpisode 10: Innocent, OK?
1986-11-04Robby's gambler's luck run out at last?
Runtime: 50 min
