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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 In that respect its out of date but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 round. |
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| Director |
Carol
Wiseman et al |
Ray
Brooks |
Robbie
Box |
| Producer |
Terence
Williams |
Sharon Duce |
Jan
Oliver |
| Writing |
Geoff
McQueen |
Pamela Cundell |
Vi Box
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| Cinematography |
Paul
Wheeler |
James
Ottaway |
Tommy |
| Cert./Runtime |
450
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Lisa
Geoghan |
Debby
Oliver |
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