About this season
The ups and downs of small time London gambler Robby Box, and the effect that his poker addiction has on his long suffering girlfriend Jan Oliver and family.
Episodes (10)
1. The Big Sleep
Aired 2 September 1986 • 50 min
Promises to Jan, debts to the Inland Revenue, Robby is at it again, keeping too many balls in the air. His only assets are his wits and his club.
2. The Z Team
Aired 9 September 1986 • 50 min
At the bottom of the heap again, Robby Box will do anything for money. He'll even teach his friends to play poker!
3. Deals on Wheels
Aired 16 September 1986 • 50 min
Robby Box sorts out a fiddle at Gil's Betting Shop and helps a friend in need.
4. Tuppence Coloured
Aired 23 September 1986 • 50 min
When Robby Box wins a card game in the hospital, he ends up 'painting the town'.
5. The Chicken and the Egg
Aired 30 September 1986 • 50 min
Robby Box will bet on anything, but it's a different matter when it comes to gambling with his own life.
6. Panel Money
Aired 7 October 1986 • 50 min
Lumbered with a cuckoo in the nest, Robby Box sets out to put things right, but gets them wrong.... and right.
7. Following in Father's Footsteps
Aired 14 October 1986 • 50 min
Robby Box has something he would like to say to Jan, but Ronnie Day and a load of forged bank-notes get in his way ...
8. Playing the Ace
Aired 21 October 1986 • 50 min
Robby Box goes a long way out of his way to help a lady and himself.
9. The Biggest Deal
Aired 28 October 1986 • 50 min
Robby Box is perfectly serious about giving up gambling... until he hears a certain American is in town.
10. Innocent, OK?
Aired 4 November 1986 • 50 min
Robby's gambler's luck run out at last?