''Stay Lucky'' is a British television comedy-drama series ran from 8 December 1989 to 6 August 1993. Made by

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and screened on the

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network, it starred

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and

Dennis Waterman Dennis Waterman (24 February 1948 – 8 May 2022) was an English actor and singer. He was best known for his tough-guy leading roles in television series including ''The Sweeney'', ''Minder'' and ''New Tricks'', singing the theme tunes of the ...

Plot

Drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (

) from London who discovers a new life up north in

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

. Helping widowed, self-sufficient businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (

) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas reluctantly accepts an offer of a lift to Leeds. Over the coming months, the two become involved in a series of misadventures that soon find them being drawn closer together.

Cast

as Thomas Gynn *

as Sally Hardcastle *

Emma Wray Emma Wray (born Gillian Elizabeth Wray, 22 March 1965 in Birkenhead ( Cheshire, now Merseyside) is an English television actress. She attended the Merseyside Council-funded Glenda Jackson Theatre whilst still at Park High School in Birkenhead; she ...

as Pippa *

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as John Lively * Susan George as Samantha Mansfield *

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as Franklyn Bysouth *

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as Jo Blake * Dougary Scott as Alex *Willie Ross as Barney Potter *

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as Kevin *

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as Ken Warren *

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as Monty *

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as Vinny Others include Paul Chapman,

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and

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Episodes

Series 1 (1989)

Series 2 (1990)

Series 3 (1991)

Series 4 (1993)

Locations

* Clarence Dock,

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by populati ...

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

, England, UK (Series 1 – Sally's boatyard) * Canal Basin,

Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge ( ) is a market town in the Upper Calder Valley in Calderdale in West Yorkshire, England. The Calderdale Council ward population at the 2011 census was 11,703. History The town was originally a fording point over the once muc ...

, England, UK (Series 2 and 3 – Sally's boatyard) *

Armley Mills Industrial Museum The Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills is a museum of industrial heritage located in Armley, near Leeds, in West Yorkshire, Northern England. The museum includes collections of textile machinery, railway equipment and heavy engineering amon ...

Armley Armley is a district in the west of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It starts less than from Leeds city centre. Like much of Leeds, Armley grew in the Industrial Revolution and had several mills, one of which houses now the Leeds Industrial ...

, England, UK (Series 4 – The Yorkshire Industrial Museum)

External links

Dennis Waterman
– Museum website. * {{IMDb title, 0096704, Stay Lucky! 1980s British drama television series 1990s British drama television series 1989 British television series debuts 1993 British television series endings English-language television shows ITV television dramas Television shows set in West Yorkshire Television shows scored by John Powell Television series by ITV Studios Television series by Yorkshire Television