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MONEY
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1 season · 6 episodes total · ~6 per season.
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The Racing Game
1979 1 seasons · 6 eps English
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BANGER
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Drama
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Sid Halley, champion steeplechase jockey, suffers a devastating injury in a fall that ends his career. He sinks into self-pity until his aristocratic father-in-law bullies him into trying something new: becoming a private detective. A great literary gumshoe emerges as Halley regains his dignity, faces his vulnerability, and finds new meaning in life.
“The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game”
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Cast
Mike Gwilym
Sid Halley
Holly De Jong
James Maxwell
Gerald Flood
Mick Ford
Chico Barnes
Maurice Bush
Susan Wooldridge
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RUNTIME
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Short-form: under 10 episodes, so binge-completable in a weekend.
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RUNTIME
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Roughly 6 hours end-to-end — 1 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 1979 to 1980 — a 1-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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AWARDS
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Show type: Scripted.
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CAST
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Airs on ITV1.
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- Seasons
- 1
- Total episodes
- 6
- Avg episode length
- 60 min
- Premiered
- 1979-11-21
- Last aired
- 1980-01-09
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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