Stay Lucky
| Stay lucky! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Starring |
Leslie Ash Jan Francis Susan George Ian McNeice Willie Ross Niall Toibin Dennis Waterman Emma Wray |
| Composer(s) | John Powell |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 27 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Yorkshire Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original run | 8 December 1989 – 6 August 1993 |
Stay lucky! is a British television comedy-drama series ran from 8 December 1989 to 6 August 1993. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Dennis Waterman and Jan Francis.
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.
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.
Episode list
- Series 1
- A1 rain dancer (8 December 1989)
- The howling (15 December 1989)
- Fool's gold (22 December 1989)
- Series 2
- Burning your boats (29 September 1990)
- Bring back my Barney to me! (6 October 1990)
- A woman's lot (13 October 1990)
- The devil wept in Leeds (20 October 1990)
- Trial by marriage (27 October 1990)
- Hotrod horace (3 November 1990)
- Bigamy blues (10 November 1990)
- Series 3
- Poetic justice (12 October 1991)
- The food of love (19 October 1991)
- Hard times, Hard men (26 October 1991)
- An unsavoury business (2 November 1991)
- The sisters of achill (9 November 1991)
- A Roman empire (16 November 1991)
- Shingle beach (23 November 1991)
- Series 4
- Flameproof and free! (4 June 1993)
- The driving instructor (11 June 1993)
- A quick killing (18 June 1993)
- Down to earth (25 June 1993)
- The long road... there! (2 July 1993)
- The long road... back! (9 July 1993)
- Gilding the lily (16 July 1993)
- Blowing bubbles (23 July 1993)
- Sand dancer (30 July 1993)
- One jump ahead (6 August 1993)
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)
External links
- Dennis Waterman - Museum website.
- Stay lucky! at the Internet Movie Database.