The Main Chance

The Main Chance

1969 · 4 seasons · 45 eps · ★ 8.3 · Drama

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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 the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

Created by Edmund Ward, John Malcolm

Network: ITV1

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