S1.E3

The Professional

Episode aired Jul 2, 1969
51m

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John Arnatt, John Stride, and John Wentworth in The Main Chance (1969)

A local firm is planning a merger - but a professional agitator seems determined to put a spanner in the works by blaming an employee's illness on the factory's production line.A local firm is planning a merger - but a professional agitator seems determined to put a spanner in the works by blaming an employee's illness on the factory's production line.A local firm is planning a merger - but a professional agitator seems determined to put a spanner in the works by blaming an employee's illness on the factory's production line.

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7.6/10

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8/10

Trouble at Mill

A local firm plans a merger, but a union agitator seems determined to kibosh their plans by linking an employee's death with a production process. Anthony Bate as the stirrer is played as a villain, but I suspect every episode will include unresolved moral ambiguities. Main is a kind of anti-Rumpole. John Stride is good-looking, but was that nude (with bath towel) scene really necessary? Verité filming means the dialogue is sometimes inaudible. Did we ever combine big hair with such ridiculously short skirts (and push-up bras)? We did, somehow combining the 1920s and the 18th century.