Life's a gamble. Robbie Box is one of life's good guys. Except that his gambling addiction threatens everything. In the lowlife circuit of pubs bookies and smoky gambling dens he rides a rollercoaster from bankruptcy to wealth and back again but when it jeopardises his relationship with his long-suffering family Robbie is determined to give it all up. Until the next big game all-night poker session or race meeting...
Nellie Joey Jack Adrian Billy Aveline and Freddie are the Boswells from Liverpool. They're experts at working the system and getting by with the help of Social Security payments and jobs on the side. Standing firm at the head of the family table is Nellie Boswell (Jean Boht) the matriarch who expects no nonsense especially from husband Freddie who spends his time chasing Lilo-Lil. First broadcast in 1986 this release features every episode from Series One and Two of Carla Lane
Welcome to Liverpool at the height of Thatcher's reign where you had to be resourceful to survive. Just like the Boswells. They always knew how to work the system. And in the centre of this large Catholic family is matriarch Nellie Boswell (Jean Boht) surrounded by her sons Joey Jack Adrian and Billy and daughter Aveline while her husband Freddie is rarely to be seen. With Grandad next door Billy's Julie and their Francesca over the road and ""that tart"" Lilo Lil always in the ba
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