Big Deal

1984

Big Deal

8.1 | en | Drama

The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP10 Innocent, OK?

Nov. 04,1986

Robby's gambler's luck run out at last?

EP9 The Biggest Deal

Oct. 28,1986

Robby Box is perfectly serious about giving up gambling... until he hears a certain American is in town.

EP8 Playing the Ace

Oct. 21,1986

Robby Box goes a long way out of his way to help a lady and himself.

EP7 Following in Father's Footsteps

Oct. 14,1986

Robby Box has something he would like to say to Jan, but Ronnie Day and a load of forged bank-notes get in his way ...

EP6 Panel Money

Oct. 07,1986

Lumbered with a cuckoo in the nest, Robby Box sets out to put things right, but gets them wrong.... and right.

EP5 The Chicken and the Egg

Sep. 30,1986

Robby Box will bet on anything, but it's a different matter when it comes to gambling with his own life.

EP4 Tuppence Coloured

Sep. 23,1986

When Robby Box wins a card game in the hospital, he ends up 'painting the town'.

EP3 Deals on Wheels

Sep. 16,1986

Robby Box sorts out a fiddle at Gil's Betting Shop and helps a friend in need.

EP2 The Z Team

Sep. 09,1986

At the bottom of the heap again, Robby Box will do anything for money. He'll even teach his friends to play poker!

EP1 The Big Sleep

Sep. 02,1986

Promises to Jan, debts to the Inland Revenue, Robby is at it again, keeping too many balls in the air. His only assets are his wits and his club.

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Released: 1984-10-14 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

Synopsis

The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.

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Cast

Ray Brooks , Pamela Cundell , Sharon Duce

Director

Terence Williams

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Reviews

lucyrfisher Just watching this for the first time since the 80s (when I loved it). If you like Lovejoy, Minder and Bergerac, you will love this. It's all filmed on location and the settings are brilliantly drab and sleazy. Great acting from all concerned. It's in the tradition of British documentary realism about working-class life (Poor Cow, Cathy Come Home, A Taste of Honey). The kind of programme that just doesn't get made any more. Just one thing seems slightly odd - though nobody talks "posh", they just have generic ordinary accents. They don't have the London accent I'd expect from people living in Battersea. Perhaps the makers wanted everyone to understand the dialogue (without subtitles). It didn't bother the makers of Minder, though. Fills me with nostalgia for 70s wallpaper and embroidered pictures.

houndtang75 I used to really like 'Big Deal' when I was about 10 but hadn't seen it for 20 odd years so was pleasantly surprised with the DVD release of the first series. I thought that like much 80s TV it probably would seem slow and dated but it's held up rather well. An entertaining show, with a good balance of comedy and drama, which gets quite dark in the later episodes, 'Big Deal' has a very likable leading performance from Ray Brooks for whom this was something of a comeback after his 60s success in 'Cathy Come Home' and 'The Knack' (and, of course, 'Daleks Invasion Earth 2150AD'). Good supporting cast too with some amusing and well drawn characters. The sort of programme that everyone remembers fondly but never gets a mention in the media or a repeat showing, 'Big Deal' also boasts one of the more memorable TV theme tunes (sung by Bobby Gubby of Bucks Fizz!).

welshNick Big Deal was a great TV series about a professional gambler called Robbie Box. It was well acted and showed the highs and lows of trying to scratch a living this way. Whatever there was to bet on Robbie did it. He was surrounded by his cronies who were the betting shop regulars ... Ferret, Kipper, Black George etc. If anyone has been to a betting shop, after a while you notice the same old faces each day !!! It was a little bit like a soap opera at times but on the whole was well acted. Where it went wrong was the footage of the card games. Playing stud poker you do not get a full house a straight and a flush in the same deal - it just does not happen. The best poker player wins by skill ... in this the best player just kept being dealt great hands one after another.

Virgil-14 Robbie Box is a heavy gambler, whose luck goes from the highs to the lowest depths. His girlfriend, Jan and daughter Debby stick by him for much of the way, but eventually leave for Australia only to come back. Robbie wins a club in a card game which itself is lost also in a card game. This is classic British comedy/drama at its best.