Chance in a Million

Name: Chance in a Million
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Simon Callow, Brenda Blethyn

1984

★★★☆☆ 6.7/10

📺 3 Seasons

🎬 18 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 30 min/episode

Comedy

Chance in a Million is a British sitcom broadcast between 1984 and 1986, produced by Thames Television for Channel 4. The series was co-written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen and starred Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn. The producer and director of the series was Michael Mills.

Seasons

Season 1

1984 • 6 Episodes

Shy librarian Alison Little arrives at a hotel to meet long-lost cousin Tom Cheyney. Eccentric, accident-prone Tom Chance turns up for a blind date with Alison Hughes but, due to misunderstanding, they end up with each other as Tom's clumsiness with a rowing oar knocks his date unconscious.

Season 2

1986 • 6 Episodes

A Portuguese couple mistakenly arrive at Tom's, seeking hotel work. The language barrier is broken by Alison, who speaks fluent Portuguese, and the couple stays with them. Meanwhile, a taxman believes that Tom is well off despite having no income, and gives him an ultimatum: pay the bill or marry his daughter.

Season 3

1986 • 6 Episodes

Elderly library patron Mr Hemstridge passes away, so Alison talks Tom into attending his funeral. There, the deceased's sister gifts Alison a gramophone, which is filled with not so wholesome content.