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Chance in a Million

Tom Chance's life is plagued by coincidences. Even his initial meeting with his beloved Alison happened by pure chance - when he went to a local pub to meet another girl (also called Alison) for a 'blind date'. As this was the same pub that Alison had arranged to meet her cousin, Tom Chesney, for the first time since they were both children, it was a coincidence waiting to happen! Tom Chance's frequent brushes with coincidences also lead to his being continually arrested by police for crimes he did not commit, with the result that the Police Sergeant finally issues instructions, to his force, *not* to arrest Tom - even when faced with the most compromising of circumstances involving Tom.

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Cast & Crew See All

Simon Callow
Tom Chance
Brenda Blethyn
Alison Little
Bill Pertwee
Sergeant Gough

Season 3 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Good-bye Mr Henstridge

25 mins

Mr Henstridge, an elderly library user, passes away. He has long been an admirer of Alison and so she persuades Tom that they should go to his funeral. Afterwards his sister gives Alison a gramophone but when she discovers its contents she learns that he was not exactly the sweet, clean-living old gentleman that she had imagined him to be.

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