The Main Chance

Season 4 (13 Episodes)

4 Seasons 1975 NR 1h 00m 7.6

Maverick lawyer David Main (John Stride) commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton (John...

Maverick lawyer David Main (John Stride) commutes between his twin bases in London and Leeds. His seemingly devil-may-care attitude is contrasted with the steady and cautious approach of his crusty Leeds partner Henry Castleton (John Wentworth). However, Main's relentless pursuit of material and career success is tempered by his desire to champion the underdog, for whom he feels an occasionally grudging kinship.

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Season 4 Episodes:

Episode 1 Process

Aired: Apr 18, 1975

David Main receives devastating news. In the aftermath, he and Walter Clegg's...

Episode 2 World of Silence

2. World of Silence

Aired: Apr 25, 1975

Main gets compo for a woman whose husband is killed in a fire then gets struc...

Episode 3 Rule of Law

Aired: May 2, 1975

David has been struck off the Roll of Solicitors but has immediately lodged a...

Episode 4 Payment by Result

4. Payment by Result

Aired: May 9, 1975

A corrupt business cartel and a woman struggling to feed her children present...

Episode 5 Survival

Aired: May 16, 1975

Desperate for work, Main gets involved with a bent lawyer and a career blagger.

Episode 6 No Names

Aired: May 23, 1975

Margaret persuades David to look into a case involving a wine company of whic...

Episode 7 It Couldn't Happen Here

7. It Couldn't Happen Here

Aired: May 30, 1975

David has to take on a man whose stock-in-trade is violence and intimidation.

Episode 8 Killing

Aired: Jun 6, 1975

David finds his sense of loss and loneliness becoming intolerable. He also qu...

Episode 9 By the Book

Aired: Jun 13, 1975

Main and Clegg bring down a bent copper.

Episode 10 When There's No Law

10. When There's No Law

Aired: Jun 20, 1975

Episode 11 Year of the Tiger

11. Year of the Tiger

Aired: Jun 27, 1975

David knows that, sooner or later, he must repay the debt of loyalty he owes ...

Episode 12 We're the Bosses Now

12. We're the Bosses Now

Aired: Jul 4, 1975

David is seriously considering a partnership with Andrew Retford but there ar...

Episode 13 Coroner's Verdict

13. Coroner's Verdict

Aired: Jul 11, 1975

David is asked by Detective Sergeant Allington to look into the circumstances...

Info about The Main Chance

Current Status: Ended

Network: ITV1

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama