The Losers | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Starring | Leonard Rossiter Alfred Molina Joe Gladwin |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 6 |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Broadcast | |
Original channel | ITV |
Original run | 12 November – 17 December 1978 |
The Losers is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1978. Written by Alan Coren, it stars Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina.[1] The Losers was made for ITV by ATV and was produced and directed by Joe McGrath.[2]
In The Losers, Rossiter plays Sydney Foskett, a wrestling promoter who discovers a young new wrestler called "The Butcher", played by Molina, who Foskett ensures loses to get the public's love. The sixth and final episode, "Togetherness", is thought to be destroyed.
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Sydney Foskett is a wrestling promoter who discovers young new wrestler and part-time footballer, "The Butcher", whose real name is Nigel. Foskett, realising that the public love a loser, devises ways for "The Butcher" to lose without the dimwitted Nigel to know what is happening. Foskett often gets paid well for rigging the matches.[2]
The Losers aired on ITV from 12 November to 17 December 1978. All episodes aired on Sundays at 9.15pm and are 30 minutes long.[2] The final episode, "Togetherness", is missing from the archives, and is thought to be have been destroyed.[3]