Prospects Episode Ratings Heatmap
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | ||
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| S1 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 8.6 |
About
Prospects is a British television comedy drama series that was written by Alan Janes and originally shown on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty drama such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy played by Brian Bovell and their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs. Comprising 12 episodes Prospects - with a comic slant, dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the "Thatcherite" '80's including unemployment, crime, poverty, regeneration, social change and racism. Prospects gained a cult following and ratings wise it performed well above expectation for Channel 4. At that time Channel Four received a large subsidy from the rival commercial network ITV in exchange for the right to sell airtime; this gave ITV a significant input into the management of the station. The success of Prospects and the fact that it was produced by a subsidiary of the ITV network's largest station Thames Television meant it was moved to a 9pm prime-time repeat slot on ITV in the Spring/Summer of 1987. This fuelled rumours that the network wanted to develop Prospects into a long-running comedy drama series. However despite seeing potential ITV declined the opportunity to develop it beyond the original first series.
All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | The P to S Day | 7.8 | 10 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Partners in Brine | 8.1 | 7 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Uncle Harry's System | 8.4 | 5 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Dirty Weekend | 7.4 | 5 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Rodent Engineers | 8.0 | 6 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Standing on Your Own One Foot | 7.5 | 6 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Subterranean Pig Sick Blues | 7.6 | 7 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Frying Tonight | 7.2 | 6 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Four Men in a Boat | 6.6 | 7 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Follow the Yellow Brick Lane | 6.8 | 8 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Running All the Way: Part 1 | — | — | 60 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Running All the Way: Part 2 | 8.6 | 5 | 60 min |