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The Racing Game

Season 1 1979 - 1980

  • 1979-11-21T21:00:00Z on ITV
  • 1h
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Drama
Crime-mystery drama series featuring an ex-jockey turned private detective. Series based on stories by author Dick Francis. GB. Yorkshire Television.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

1979-11-21T21:00:00Z

1x01 Odds Against

Series Premiere

1x01 Odds Against

  • 1979-11-21T21:00:00Z1h

fter being hurt in a fall during a race, champion steeplechase jockey Sid Halley decides to investigate a number of strange accidents of Seabury race course. Sid's former father-in-law thinks Howard Graves, an entrepreneur looking to buy the course and build a large shopping complex on the site, maybe trying to lessen its reputation so as to reduce any purchase price.

1979-11-28T21:00:00Z

1x02 Trackdown

1x02 Trackdown

  • 1979-11-28T21:00:00Z1h

Sid Halley, jockey turned detective, uncovers blackmail and murder.

1979-12-05T21:00:00Z

1x03 Gambling Lady

1x03 Gambling Lady

  • 1979-12-05T21:00:00Z1h

Sid Halley, investigating an insurance claim for a racehorse, unearths an international swindle.

1979-12-12T21:00:00Z

1x04 Horses for Courses

1x04 Horses for Courses

  • 1979-12-12T21:00:00Z1h

Sid Halley and Chico Barnes crack a get-rich-quick racecourse racket.

1979-12-19T21:00:00Z

1x05 Horsenap

1x05 Horsenap

  • 1979-12-19T21:00:00Z1h

Sid Halley recovers a kidnapped racehorse.

1980-01-09T21:00:00Z

1x06 Needle

1x06 Needle

  • 1980-01-09T21:00:00Z1h

The 6th and last episode deals with a scheme which leaves a path of dead and damaged horses.

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