Stay Lucky
| Stay Lucky! | |
|---|---|
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DVD cover. | |
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Geoff McQueen |
| Written by |
Steven Moffat Alan Whiting |
| Directed by |
Graeme Harper David Reynolds |
| 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 | |
| Executive producer(s) | David Reynolds |
| Producer(s) | Andrew Benson |
| Location(s) | Leeds, West Yorkshire |
| Running time |
60 minutes (including adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Yorkshire Television |
| Distributor | ITV Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Original release | 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 Jan Francis and Dennis Waterman.
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
- Leslie Ash as Jo Blake
- Jan Francis as Sally Hardcastle
- Susan George as Samantha Mansfield
- Ian McNeice as Franklyn Bysouth
- Willie Ross as Barney Potter
- Niall Toibin as John Lively
- Dennis Waterman as Thomas Gynn
- Emma Wray as Pippa
Others include Chris Jury, Belinda Lang, Rula Lenska, Amanda Noar and Dougray Scott.
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.
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