Rent Chancer: Series 1 (1990)
3.5 of 5 from 2 ratings
10h 50min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
All thirteen episodes of the British drama series starring Clive Owen, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Tompkinson.
1. Weapons from the Wall
When an inferno destroys the Douglas family sports car factory, their only hope of escaping ruin is devious financier Stephen Crane.
2. Killing Floor
Crane saves himself from bankruptcy by insider dealing with his girlfriend Jo Franklyn and saves Douglas Motors by embezzling a fortune from his bank.
3. Hazard
Crane and Jo are both sacked but Crane earns himself a job at Douglas Motors.
4. TrustCrane's chances of another job are wrecked when Victoria Douglas abandons him in the country. Franklin wants revenge and Blake wants his money back.
5. Pretenders
The Legionnaires catch up with Jamie and force him to an extreme option.
6. Possessions
Jamie returns to the family home and forces his father to steal Crane's money to pay off his gambling debt.
7. Faith
Gavin leaves his family and Victoria has left Oxford. She exploits Crane's affection to embroil him in a dangerous scam to ruin a local property magnate.
8. Lies
Tom Franklyn demands Crane's head on a plate for ruining the Transfrontier deal for him.
9. Wreckage
The Douglas family are reeling from Jamie's suicide and his random bequest of 20% of the company to Colin Morris, the factory foreman.
10. Sanctuary
Franklyn finally gains control of Douglas Motors. Victoria and Crane have become lovers even though she now knows his real name is Derek Love and he is on the run from the police.
11. History
A death sends Crane back into his past to uncover a secret which changes his life.
12. Temptation
Crane agrees to help Franklyn with a scam in return for leaving Douglas Motors alone.
13. Love
Crane enters into a make-or-break bet with Franklyn in order to save Douglas Motors.- Actors:
- Clive Owen, Benjamin Whitrow, Lynsey Baxter, Sean Pertwee, Caroline Blakiston, Caroline Langrishe, Matthew Marsh, Nicholas Shelton, Sam London, Leslie Phillips, Simon Shepherd, Stephen Tompkinson, Karen Archer, Hugh Bonneville, Susan Spiegel, Peter Vaughan, Susannah Harker, Frank Windsor, Robert Glenister, Cliff Parisi
- Directors:
- Laurence Moody, Alan Grint
- Producers:
- Sarah D. Wilson
- Writers:
- Guy Andrews, Simon Burke, Tony Grounds
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Crimes, TV Dramas, TV Mysteries
