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MovieNerd ScoreThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Episodes
Season 1
6 episodes
S1 E1 · What About Justice?
The son of an industrialist brings Main into partnership with a solicitor friend.
S1 E2 · Body and Soul
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S1 E3 · The Professional
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S1 E4 · Liar's Dice
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S1 E5 · The Privilege of Justice
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S1 E6 · With All My Worldly Goods
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Season 2
13 episodes
S2 E1 · A Time to Love, a Time to Die
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S2 E2 · It Could Happen to You
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S2 E3 · First, You Eat - Later We Ruin You
David becomes suspicious when he is invited to set up a million-pound property deal
S2 E4 · A Little Black and White Lie
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S2 E5 · The Walls of Jericho
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S2 E6 · A View from the Chair
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S2 E7 · The Best Legal System in the World
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S2 E8 · The Piper Calls the Tune
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S2 E9 · A Man I Know to Be Innocent...
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S2 E10 · A Vision of the Future
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S2 E11 · The Lady Who Went Too Far
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S2 E12 · Settlement Day
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S2 E13 · Private Armies
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Season 3
13 episodes
S3 E1 · The Killing Ground
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S3 E2 · Love's Old Sweet Song
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S3 E3 · Acting for Self
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S3 E4 · Not In Today's Army
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S3 E5 · Widow's Mite
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S3 E6 · The Next Great Train Robbery
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S3 E7 · Where Did I Leave My Shining Armour?
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S3 E8 · Copper-Bottomed Cert
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S3 E9 · Doll On A Wall
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S3 E10 · Choice of Jungles
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S3 E11 · Fit-Up
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S3 E12 · One For The House
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S3 E13 · Dear Sir, Unless ...
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Season 4
13 episodes
S4 E1 · Process
Main suffers a family tragedy which sees him and Clegg straying from the law to seee that justice is done.
S4 E2 · World of Silence
Main helps a woman whose husband has died and faces getting struck off.
S4 E3 · Rule of Law
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S4 E4 · Payment by Result
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S4 E5 · Survival
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S4 E6 · No Names
Margaret asks Main to look at a wine company.
S4 E7 · It Couldn't Happen Here
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S4 E8 · Killing
Main questions the ethics of an offer he has been made.
S4 E9 · By the Book
A shady policeman comes to the attention of Main and Clegg.
S4 E10 · When There's No Law
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S4 E11 · Year of the Tiger
Main knows he must repay Walter Clegg's loyalty.
S4 E12 · We're the Bosses Now
Main is considering a new partnership.
S4 E13 · Coroner's Verdict
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