Give Us a Break (TV series)

Give Us a Break
Genre	Comedy drama
Written by	Geoff McQueen
Starring	Robert Lindsay Paul McGann Shirin Taylor
Composer	Harry South
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Producer	Terence Williams
Running time	50 minutes (series) 95 minutes (special)
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	22 September 1983 (1983-09-22) – 31 December 1984 (1984-12-31)

Give Us a Break is a British comedy drama television series ^[1] which was originally broadcast on BBC One in a series of seven episodes between 22 September and 3 November 1983 with a feature-length Christmas Special the following year. ^[2]

Synopsis

A London wheeler dealer is extremely put out at having to look after his girlfriend's younger brother from Liverpool. Things change, however, when he discovers that he is a snooker prodigy.

Main cast

• Robert Lindsay as Micky Noades
• Paul McGann as Mo Morris
• Shirin Taylor as Tina
• David Daker as Ron Palmer
• Ron Pember as Bobby Weeks
• Alan Ford as Nobby Wilson
• David Sibley as Billy Wilson
• Johnny Shannon as Lenny Stone
• Tony Selby as Benny
• Julian Holloway as Dave Nelson
• John Forgeham as Brindly
• William Simons as Tommy Buck
• David Jackson as Stitch Peters
• Bill Wallis as Jack Hobson
• Victoria Burgoyne as Nancy
• Walter Sparrow as Alan Clegg
• Alphonsia Emmanuel as Pat

References

1. Vahimagi p.285
2. Perry p.247

Bibliography

• Perry, Chris. The Kaleidoscope British Christmas Television Guide 1937-2013. 2017.
• Vahimagi, Tise. British Television: An Illustrated Guide. Oxford University Press, 1996.

External links

• Give Us a Break at IMDb
• Give Us a Break at British Comedy Guide