Prospects TV Series (Gary Olsen, Brian Bovell) 4 DVD Set

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This gritty comedy drama series featured two unemployed likely lads' adventures throughout East London, during the grim days of Thatcher's Britain in the mid eighties. Pincy and Billy, the series main characters, were continually 'duckin' and divin' across an area of London called The Isle of Dogs, as they struggled to survive on their 'social' (Government Benefits) and earn a meagre crust from the odd dodgy employer.

All cash in hand, of course.

The series covered many topics such as the racism that Billy encounters, as the only (just about) black person to regularly appear in each episode. Pincy sometimes comes to his friend's aid when these situations arise, which often causes resentment on Billy's part, as he is fed up of meeting discrimination whenever he tries to improve his lot. The two actors who portrayed the main characters, the late Gary Olsen as Pincy, and Brian Bovell as Billy, seemed to have quite an amiable chemistry together. And it's quite clear that in some scenes that they were having much fun during production of the series. In one hilarious episode that I remember very well, the boys take their new girlfriends on a camping trip. But unfortunately they pack only one small tent by mistake, which collapses during a heavy downpour. They go through many women during the series, as they ironically never seem to have much prospects...or money.

Supplied as a 4 disc set, recorded from satellite television, compared to a retail DVD, the quality is roughly between 7-8 (Very Good).

Episodes are as follows;

DVD One

Season 1 - Episode 1 - The P to S Day

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Partners in Brine

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Uncle Harry's System

DVD Two

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Dirty Weekend

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Rodent Avengers

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Standing on your Own One Foot

DVD Three

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Subterranean Pig Sick Blues

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Frying Tonight

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Four Men in a Boat

DVD Four

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Follow the Yellow Brick Lane

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Running All the Way: Part 1

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Running All the Way: Part 2

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