Prospects - Episode 1 - The P to S Day

[@CinemaMusic55]

Great series. The fact that there was only one series gives this even more of a cult following. Great theme song too!

[@CARLIN4737]

Brian Bovell is 63 knocking on 64 now. Brings tears to my eyes. one minute life is all in front of you like when i was 17 first watching this and then your 51/52 and the best years are all behind you. Life had Prospects back then........

[@tonyhenryvii9202]

my friend from back in the 70's Brian,Tottenham Original.

[@howardsend6589]

True words.

[@ponyboycurtis3795]

As a kid who grew up in the 80s I love anything from that time period and the late 70s that was filmed in the UK..just the nostalgia of the scenery etc.

[@redfred70]

TV shows like this (and The Sweeney, Minder etc.) serve as a great visual reminder of London, from an era we hazily remember but took very few photos of back in those days. When you see everyday scenes of London from those days which connect with your subconscious recollections, it is mag ical. I loved Prospects, it chimes with that ducking & diving mentaility working class people like me had then, and was represented in Only Fools & Horses too. People like these two, Del Boy, Arthur Daley, characters at the Winchester Club, etc really existed. Remember the hooky gear that used to be sold around the pubs in those days, we had aspirations to make a few quid and blow it on a good night out. Simple pleasures and lots of fun - I miss those days very much.

[@robsiddall9731]

Thanks for the comparison when I saw the van it was de ja vu only fools but a little more gritty

[@CARLIN4737]

All produced by Euston Films the same film company.

[@michellefalleur960]

Loved this all those decades ago, me & my sister used to watch it religiously, so good to see it again, thank you.

[@CARLIN4737]

Absolutely. you must be a London boy like me then 50...Early 50s. same as me. Im south london St thomas Hospital. South East London.

[@CARLIN4737]

Say Bermondsey high street for example had 12 pubs on it? 12? nowadays all disgusting flat conversions or not there at all or worst of all swanky coffee shops. London has changed unrecognizable to the 70s/80s/90s where i was born grew up and lived and worked till i joined the Army in early 1990s and left the area. Went back years later but hated it and moved out to Essex.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

Should have been as massive as Minder. This show has everything going for it.

[@CARLIN4737]

Made by Euston films who produced both. You can see shades of it in this episode. Terrys comeback fight. And even OFAH with the dummy alarm boxes. But gradually grew into its own entity and a cult following for the few who watched it back in 86/87. 12 episodes. Originally shown on Channel 4 in 86 then move in 87 to primetime 9pm slot on ITV. ITV declined the option for a 2nd series.

[@ChilliCheezdog]

@@CARLIN4737 A real shame: The theme song, the performers, the storylines... Everything was perfect. Only 12 episodes?!? Damn.

[@brianmarshall4753]

I remember this comedy drama i used to watched it on channel four 1986 then repeat it on ITV 1987 Brian Bovell i remember him the bill and Gary Olson who sadly passed away in 1999 RIP 🙏🏻

[@stretlew]

This was a great series remember watching it back in the day with my old mum who's no longer with us.Loved the stories and the theme.Thanks for posting it.

[@roxdude]

Sorry to here that... they definitely was different times.. Memories sometimes all we have left of those close to us... in 2017 my 16yr old son died and those memories he gave us are priceless..

[@stretlew]

@@roxdude oh hell that's awful I'm so sorry.

[@stretlew]

Memories are a blessing. I can remember this series like it was yesterday but I must have been in my teens

[@roxdude]

@@stretlew now we just old

[@CARLIN4737]

Awesome.

[@keefowen]

Thank-you so much for posting this, I loved it back in the day, I was about 13 or 14 when it started & none of my friends watched it but I adored it. Good work, fella! :)

[@roxdude]

Thx sort of the same here..I used to live in camden town back then and i used love this program. was as real as a program could get and is my pleasure to share it.

[@stevetango3981]

@@roxdude thank u loved this and the theme tune

[@paulflorence9154]

Brilliant series, reminds me of when I was 17 in the 80’s playing snooker in London, the good old days when there was more characters about, as Pincy used to say its all out there for the taking!😂 how times have changed, miss them days.

[@saulmc8920]

I loved this show as a kid ,was gutted they didn't make more episodes

[@ManyFunAdventures]

Oh my God. I can't believe you have posted this classic series. THANK YOU SO MUCH. Now to bring back some memories from the 80's. I watched this when it came out as I left school in 1982. Spot on. 👍

[@ianmangham4570]

Thatchers Britain 🇬🇧, can't believe it was WAY FKN BETTER than now lmao, I stay cool bro 😎🇬🇧

[@babettesfeast6347]

Bloody loved this- so good to see it on DVD

[@ozzyvaldez1265]

Used to love this series

[@nicholasgargano7396]

When this first aired in the 70s on BBC 2 Sunday nights loved it

[@winny8420]

It was never on BBC2 was a Channel 4 production

[@martinworld7214]

what a weird comment

[@aquaboy68]

Was on in 86....loved it..i was 18......

[@lakmeister]

Top lads,loved it,still have the TV Times with them on the cover!!! Started work in 86 at 19 ....I chalked Prospects on the wall out the back at work,loved the theme,fucking hated factory work...I'm on my 2nd marriage and after 35 years of nonsense,I'm taking early retirement and doing something a bit easier and no shifts....bought it all back,think we have a bit of these 2 in us somewhere They don't repeat the show coz of racist words,shame All the characters all brilliant 👏

[@CARLIN4737]

Same age. Still watching it. 50 plus. man life went quick eh?

[@CARLIN4737]

Magic

[@graemekelly9950]

Watched this as a young lad, none of my friends watched it, it was quality

[@CARLIN4737]

Cult viewing for a select few until it really took off.

[@CARLIN4737]

You was chosen.

[@2bsure]

One of my mates just reminded me of this classic series and I am happy to find it here. Thanks for posting it, memories from back in the day 🤗👍🙏

[@CARLIN4737]

Sweet.

[@CARLIN4737]

great days back in London 15/16 around that time world in front of us....35 years later all those Prospects have gone...

[@rrrrrrr7836]

Only got reminded about this series on a 1980s tv loopback This was a classic - thanks for posting these ;)

[@thechipman2473]

Rest in peace, Gary. A wonderful man and actor you will never be forgotten mate x

[@CARLIN4737]

Brian Bovell still going strong. Old man now?

[@seanlane8703]

Omg omg this was brilliant back in the day sooooo pleased this is out there 😍

[@garryleerob]

Absolutely marvellous... thank you very much for 'posting' this. Going to watch them in order and pave the way to my favourite funny bit in episode 7. The 'bank' scene when they see carcasses.

[@CARLIN4737]

Subtarranean pig sick blues episode 7.only 12 episodes were ever recorded.

[@patrickdoolan9527]

I used to watch this in 86. I was 17. I was switching between watching The World Snooker Championships and this. I never had a VHS!

[@TheRealSimpsons1]

A blinding post. Been searching for this for years. Thank you.

[@chrisparker4614]

I watched this every week it was on. .brilliant, wish I could see them all again

[@roxdude]

me 2 i have uploaded all the episodes and created a playlist. i used to work in silvertown for a while. how all that area has changed is crazy.

[@chrisparker4614]

+rox dude thanks!

[@CARLIN4737]

Still can. Every episode is on you tube and the boxset on ebay or prime is only about a tenna.

[@CARLIN4737]

only 12 episodes before it was canned..A huge cult following though to those that watched it back in the day.

[@MarmaladeStex]

I'd forgot about this!, R.I.P. Gary!.

[@roxdude]

Yeah i know...... sad really they never made another series one of the best programs of my youth

[@MarmaladeStex]

Hi rox dude, Hope You are Well!, I have looked into this & although it did well on C4 & ITV who brought rights to certain Programmes, repeated it at 9pm Prime Slot but for some reason decided not to develop it beyond the 1st season!, Like Interceptor in my humble opinion it has developed Cult Status!.

[@roxdude]

Mr Christian M Surname indeed ch4 was good back then for pioneering not so fresh now.

[@ianmangham4570]

@@roxdude Yup ,my mate put me onto it as he was channel 4 mad ,🤣🙏I loved it

[@martinholroyd7605]

Absolute QUALITY Prospects..Pincy & Billy

[@scottjoseph9821]

Loved this as a kid growing up

[@cabinofmine67]

Thanks for this a true gem brings back great memories great people great times.

[@roxdude]

Indeed alot has changed since those days but alot has not changed and only gotten worse.

[@ianthompson6395]

This great show taught an important life lesson ; you’ve just got to have prospects

[@CARLIN4737]

I went to college years later called Prospects.

[@ianmangham4570]

Damn it ,I couldn't think of any lol

[@bobbydazzler9482]

such a great and under rated programme

[@pauldonnelly3501]

Loved this show but I couldn't remember what it was called asked loads of people over the years if they remembered a show about 2 lads trying to make some money, some remembered but still no title, it came to me today Yippy thanks so much for streaming it 👍

[@roxdude]

Enjoy

[@robsiddall9731]

This and skully top notch shows from early c4 thanks for posting and thanks c4

[@JREone]

Great show I remember it from when I was in the UK great theme song great cast, the good old days

[@POOLEYTONY1]

i grew up where it was filmed in the 80s, its changed so much now, i still live there.

[@jamesjameson4566]

How do you stand it

[@WickerAndroid]

Thanks for this.....used to love it. Nobody seems to remember it. Real blast from the past. Cheers.

[@roxdude]

yeah i do have the others but have not got around to uploading them. should do really.

[@11ashrafm1]

+rox dude please do

[@robinwilliams8246]

i do..specially the liquarice papers

[@ianjjb]

Brilliant, I loved this programme.

[@cerneuffington2656]

Susie-Ann Watkins was a glamour model. She got it all out in the jazz mags ♥

[@CARLIN4737]

comic strip and Minder.

[@ianmangham4570]

Fantastic bird,I love Essex girls, I had a great time with a beautiful blonde bargirl 90s near Suffolk border/Braintree 🙏🇬🇧😎 awesome countryside, I'm from Doncaster so I thought I was in Miami lmao

[@astonmartin4360]

Loved this series.Thanks for taking the trouble.😊😊

[@roxdude]

Aston Martin thx somethings just have to be shared.this series i think was for its time well out there and different and is a shame itv bought it and ditched it.

[@fac51nh]

Cheers for uploading this cant wait to watch them all again 👍👍👍

[@sledge40hammer]

Thank you very much for sharing the prospects tv series, been trying to get these for years!!. Nearly went and bought it from eBay.. your a star!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@CARLIN4737]

Sweet

[@liverpoolscottish6430]

Delighted to find the entire series on YT. I was 15-16 doing my 'O' Levels when this was first screened- loved it. It made an impact because I never forgot about it. I tried finding it on Channel 4 catch up to no avail. Great to be able to watch it again! Thanks for uploading! :)

[@CARLIN4737]

You must be 50 now like me then...Where did all those years go man...

[@annduffy5052]

Loved watching this x

[@tonyclifton265]

i loved prospects when i was a teenager when it came out..

[@CARLIN4737]

Me too/still do?

[@BIackMoonCGI]

My then girlfriend at the time loved this show and it became a weekly ritual that we sit and watch it together. I always found it a bit depressing.

[@roxdude]

You knew it was alway gonna go pair shaped rather than be a success for them. The system wants us to fail and be slaves to the debt not much has changed in that respect.

[@Danzig1777]

You must have been going out with Mona 😁

[@MrClarksop]

giro day, brings back memories

[@roxdude]

i will try uploading the next few in the series this week.

[@stephenbenn7532]

Absolute travesty this wasn't more popular i Iove it so much

[@Bluebird-bv3nr]

It was popular. It was CH4's most watched show. It trooped their viewing figure charts by the latter episodes (courtesy of ceefax 😂) 4ml+ viewers. It was always a mystery to me why they pulled it.

[@CARLIN4737]

yep only 12 episodes ever written, produced and aired.

[@CARLIN4737]

@@Bluebird-bv3nr moved to ITV in 87 primetime 9pm where it didnt fair so well. ITV declined the opportunity to make a 2nd series.

[@marksimpson9430]

Brilliant show growing up in the 80s

[@simonmcguire4290]

Forgot about this little gem - Brian Bovell pops up in Andor.

[@davetridgell]

I loved this show!! Many thanks, 😂👍 I could never remember the name? You just popped up in my feed!!! Fck these algorithms! 😂 thanks again. ❤

[@markyboyone]

i loved the this classic

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

I loved this show

[@johngerard9034]

Love this program watching now it's London as it was

[@roxdude]

John Gerard definitely changed alot. i used to work in silvertown and was down there last summwr for classic car show.great series from back in the day.

[@neilclarendon3615]

Brilliant watching this growing up

[@carlmaster9690]

Gary was such a good actor!

[@paulweston6049]

Wasn't even trying...I always thought he was underrated...RIP Big Fella.

[@CARLIN4737]

RIP and Mike Savage

[@CARLIN4737]

Brian still is....?

[@David-h4z2s]

Gary was also good in The Bill, And in a Episode of Boon Rip

[@avethat]

Loved this show

[@ianmangham4570]

When it was 74p for 10 embassy no1, 17p can of coke.

[@astonmartin4360]

In 1978 I left school with no qualifications and became an electrician,on 23 quid a week.I am 55, retired with 7 figures in the bank.You can be successful without O levels or GSE's

[@roxdude]

Aston Martin indeed you can. well done. my oldest son doing gcses this year and he going college auto technician course. sometimes a job in a trade is the best decsion you can make. beware thou money in a bank evaporates due to inflation just like pensions worth alot when you take themout but after many years worth peanuts.

[@gdwnet]

Good for you. I agree with you, it's all about finding something you want to do, something you're passionate about. I won't have 7 figures in the bank but I should be able to semi retire at 50 and pick and choose work as I please.

[@tospicy4ya]

I left school with sod all retrained as an electrician at 34 now in a good job in a 400k house 👍👍👍👍

[@fodsaks]

I left school at 16 with no qualifications and no prospects, so I borrowed £30 and bought a little handcart and started going round collecting up old newspapers. Do you know what I'm worth today? Nothing! And I still owe for the handcart.

[@craigfishcake2543]

I'm 55, left school with 2 O levels and I've got sod all in the bank. Good luck to you though and well done.

[@lllucky13]

Gary olson is a stunt double for george armstrong who played alan humphries in grange hill in the 80s

[@Ubique2927]

Love the description about the trials and tribulations of the Thatcher years. Not a mention that the problems were caused by the previous zLieber government.

[@lairos8553]

If only i could turn back time with what i know now.probably still make the same mistakes😂

[@padiedo7213]

LOVE IT 👍👍

[@chrisallen1049]

I went to same school as Brian, RIP Gary

[@cdforduk1]

Sweet ! Very very proud M8.....

[@trevorlack1726]

I loved this show back in the day. So sad that Gary Olsen died so young.

[@roxdude]

Yeah back in the day... This was epic... alot has changed since and most of it not for the better..

[@jamesjameson4566]

@@roxdude it's got a hell of a lot worse,

[@thepub245]

That was the Sweeney overtaking them in the opening title sequence!

[@Defia1]

I wish this was how the country community still was like our culture is dying

[@ianmangham4570]

When you are 18 and go to the pub all legal on ya birthday AWESOME, and the prices were decent 86 to 89 when you experience just about EVERYTHING for the first time 🤣 it sure goes fast,its a total trip we're in 2022 and its gone DOWNHILL lmao

[@winny8420]

I don't remember having your unemployment benefit giro handed to you directly like that by a postman

[@ianmangham4570]

Nice to see acting 👌

[@lukecollins8313]

I loved this film as a kid

[@Havanacuba1985]

There’s some mega fit birds in this

[@MrThecarebear]

Women. Birds have wings.

[@trevorbrown3884]

@@MrThecarebear imagine how wrinkly they are now 40 years later :(

[@howardsend6589]

@@MrThecarebear Also have custard.

[@ipanemakid3058]

Quality. East Londons finest after West Ham

[@CARLIN4737]

South East London. Millwall.

[@bobbydazzler9482]

to think there are now multi million pound flats and offices now where they filmed this

[@afcwfcwfc]

Brian was in The Bill for 5 years as well

[@colallison6152]

Theme tune by Made In England' of course. I've still got the 7 inch single 'Stay Sharp'

[@RosalindBurridge-dg6cy]

40.35 rachel weaver who was in dream stuffing two years before this if anyone remembers that. She left acting in 2000 and never been seen since , must be in her early 60,s now.

[@CARLIN4737]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaalbion. still love this.

[@65stereo]

Those were the days .. all gone now. london has been sold down the river by the traitors in parliament.. .

[@roxdude]

65stereo True i used to work that way 20 years ago was based in silvertown. Recently went to excell for classic car show and was like wtf. Was a great day out though with my son. Who just passed away almost 2 months ago now and he was only 16.

[@simplyk6965]

So sorry for your loss.

[@christiancreech6894]

very sorry t here of your loss. a big thanks for putting these shows on, my dad recommended it to me. proper tv

[@wadeslea]

@@roxdude Sorry to hear about that Rox. Hope you're doing ok.

[@CARLIN4737]

sort of.

[@ianmangham4570]

My mate had the same ex British Telecom van ,he rolled it over first night out ,he'd called round to pick me up but I was out lmno 🤣 lucky, nobody was hurt thank 🙏 🇬🇧 GOOD DAY'S in proper ENGLAND 🇬🇧 😉

[@CARLIN4737]

CULT VIEWING I WAS 17 LOVED IT THEN LOVE IT NOW.MONA MONA MONA

[@CARLIN4737]

Still magical.......Made in England. Ray Dorset.

[@barbaraannecortina7899]

if memory serves me correct, this went out on a Wednesday night at eight o'clock - I know this because I didn't have a telly in my room at the time. These days that would be sacrilege to most kids but it never did me any harm. If there was something on later that I wanted to watch, then stayed up for it and there weren't any fucking mobile phones in those days. Again, it never really bothered me but you try depriving a child of a telly until they're sixteen, then that's a criminal offence (she writes sarcastically), not on.

[@CARLIN4737]

Later 9pm itv.

[@pauldiver3992]

God bless Gary Rip

[@PeteBurns-xv2fz]

A truly tremendous series...everything about it was 1st class..from the late great gary olsen, brian bovell to all of the others actors..mike savage, eddie tagoe etc..as a 15 yr old boy watching this changed a lot of my ways of thinking...i was also a child born under the dirty fucking tory scums cloud...no work ..hope or prospects...its not mentioned or even shown for some reason and i can NOT believe it...to me its one of the greatest, funniest and saddest programmes ever made...it should be shown in schools just to show how bad things were under that twat thatcher and every rat tory....a true masterpiece...rip..gary 👍

[@roxdude]

True it is, I believe it don't matter who's in goverment, they all against us the general public. They're all scum. Some worse than others. Every party has had a female leader except.. labour and frankly they pure nutters these days.. any rights we have can be taken away in a blink of an eye by our masters, like now under lockdown. Most just think they doing it for our wellbeing.. It's all an illusion.. to keep control.

[@andrewdaley5480]

​@@roxdudevery true. 🇬🇧 👍

[@ianmangham4570]

Great tv 📺

[@buzby303]

This old chestnut ! 👍🏼

[@garethbowen9894]

Is that nicola walker ???wonder if this was her first tele job

[@CARLIN4737]

Stretch is a great Character.

[@edzombie78]

Where me and my brother got the handshake from lol

[@mummyd1990]

Rip Gary Olsen.

[@DaveV173]

This was a brilliant series, remember moaner who never got payed for her office job working for him

[@roxdude]

Yep i dunno how much longer KZbin's gonna allow this series and other old ones to stay up for with new eu regs.. which a shame..

[@j.a.sfunker6895]

Have you got the episode with the hyper mouse exterminators??

[@roxdude]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3TQp4tnotdpack

[@j.a.sfunker6895]

@@roxdude Ta mate I suddenly feel young again....lol

[@roxdude]

@@j.a.sfunker6895 different world now

[@j.a.sfunker6895]

@@roxdude That was my old stomping ground back then in the 80's. Seems like I was there yesterday after watching Prospects..... great old memories, great old show!!, how you managed to get hold of them is beyond me.....Thanks for the uploads Rox (y)

[@roxdude]

@@j.a.sfunker6895 Thx i grew up in camden town but i used to work out of silvertown. The series was on video and i was amazed to find it on a file sharing site...was like i found a pot of gold from the past... so thought I'd put it on here so others can watch and quite a few have was such a great program. Guess thats the good thing about the internet. ..

[@150rents]

any idea where that cafe was

[@CARLIN4737]

Isle of dogs but im not sure exactly where?

[@probodkiller8428]

Good times

[@roxdude]

indeed those was the days. That areas changed so much since then.

[@bobrew461]

not such good times if you were unemployed. but the show was exellent!

[@chrisparker4614]

smashing. .that would be great. .then will be able to watch on pc. .and have a good laugh at how life used to be! !!!

[@roxdude]

just click on me view my channel and you should see a playlist tab click on that. the playlist is there. a few have adverts thats as they have music in them thats copyright. like in the pub or club. enjoy... those where the good days

[@Boricua3lions1985]

what's the song at 14:33?

[@ivanahavitoff7308]

stay sharp by made in england its the b side to the the single on 7"

[@ivanahavitoff7308]

@Lord Belial check charity shops - they sometimes turn up or someone might upload here

[@mark4lev]

I know the director chose gritty locate but was London really so gloomy back then?

[@gujh03]

Lol most of the UK is gloomy

[@David-h4z2s]

Never heard of this show

[@EvilCensor]

Great show, terrible music throughout - even back in the day.

[@ianmangham4570]

I was on a yts scheme lmao £30 a week 🤣