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Big Deal:
Complete BBC Series 1 (1984) |
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A
long overdue release on DVD for one of the best TV drama series from the
1980s.
Big Deal had all the components of a cracking TV drama : great
acting especially from Ray Brooks and Sharon Duce, tension, excitement, sadness
and exhilaration
Great series for anyone who likes a bit of the
down-at-heel in London stuff. Wry and pretty accurate really - better than
Minder although in similar terrain. Well written, well acted, nicely
filmed.
The card play is accurate for the time, as are the games and
speilers that were in action in the 1980s. In that respect its out of date but
its much more enjoyable seeing a realistic portrail of a real player and just
what the life of professional gambler (however half baked Robbie Box is) really
is.
This is a production by the BBC and nice to see what quality drama
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Ray Brooks is excellent as
the main character, his style is natural and he makes the situations seem
effortlessly convincing. The supporting cast are all very decent actors and the
episodes fly by, leaving you eager for the next.
From a gambling point
of view this is an historical record of the way things used to be and much of
the sub-plots in gambling of the 1980s still applies today, albeit with better
technology. There are still the dodgey games and sure things at the racetrack
that are in pretty much every episode of which there are ten!
Absolutely
fantastic value for the price.
Score 10 out of 10 for very good all
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| Director |
Carol Wiseman
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Ray
Brooks |
Robbie Box
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| Producer |
Terence
Williams |
Sharon
Duce |
Jan Oliver
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| Writing |
Geoff McQueen
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Pamela
Cundell |
Vi Box
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| Cinematography |
Paul Wheeler
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James
Ottaway |
Tommy |
| Cert./Runtime |
450
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Lisa
Geoghan |
Debby Oliver
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