Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9114 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-05-18
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Formats: Black & White, PAL
• Number of discs: 2
• Running time: 300 minutes

Synopsis
Smart, sassy and high flying lawyer David Main moves back to his hometown Leeds after a successful stint in London. But his energetic and somewhat unscrupulous Big Smoke methods are maybe too much for the new provincial reality. Features the first series of this popular drama produced by Yorkshire Television.

Customer Reviews

A series I remembered well and have been searching for
I watched this series when it was first released in Australia in the early 70s and loved it. I had been watching out for it on Amazon for some time, and was delighted to find it at last. After 40 years changes in clothes and hairstyles make it almost a period piece, not to mention changes in society. The divorce laws which apply in the series were changed here in Australia in the 70s; I presume they have been changed in the UK also. However, the issues which confront David Main in his personal life are as real today as ever as he tries to juggle work and family. The storyline of each episode is played out against the background of sexual tension between him, his wife, and his beautiful secretary. I found it just as enthralling this time around as previously, and watched it all in 2 days.
Don't be put off by the black and white format - you soon get used to that. Viewers in Australia and elsewhere can watch the British region version without a problem as long as they have a multi-region DVD player.
So please BBC, bring out series 2 and the rest of the set as soon as possible.

A good piece of British TV!
The complete first series of a fondly remembered television production. John Stride and Kate O'Mara head up a strong cast of classic actors in a wide range of stories that were bold and brave in their time (and still are today!). The series got better as it progressed; I hope that more are released.

the main chance
So pleased that the Main Chance is available on DVD - I have been looking for it in hope for some years. The actors are excellent and it's so nice to see the beautiful Anna Palk David Main's glamorous secretary. Sadly she died some years ago but this is a legacy to her. Please can we have some more episodes released on DVD?Thoroughly recommended to viewer old and new.