Sometimes in life, the odds are in your favour.
Set against the turbulent mid 1980s of money, privatisation, unions and dramatic media evolution: A lifelong group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around.
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Showing 25 of 25 loaded cast members.
as Percy 'Smudge' Smith
DeceasedBorn: October 26, 1942
Died: April 29, 2014
Age at death: 71
as Shirley Baxter
AliveBorn: December 20, 1952
Age: 73
Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
as Threads
AliveBorn: July 30, 1953
Age: 73
Highgate, London, England, UK
as Jago
AliveBorn: May 16, 1965
Age: 61
Swansea, Wales
as Mark 'Bax' Baxter
AliveBorn: January 19, 1989
Age: 37
as Katie
AliveBorn: December 18, 1989
Age: 36
Luton, Bedfordshire, England, UK
as Martha
AliveBorn: March 14, 1942
Age: 84
Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
as Alfie Hobnails
DeceasedBorn: April 6, 1933
Died: September 15, 2018
Age at death: 85
as Mickey
AliveBorn: April 24, 1987
Age: 39
London, England, UK
as Natalie Cheam
AliveBorn: June 1, 1975
Age: 51
Aarhus, Denmark
as Johnny Gossamer
AliveBorn: January 13, 1971
Age: 55
Kingston-Upon-thames, England, UK
as Sefton Wallace
AliveBorn: April 9, 1961
Age: 65
London, England
as Erica
AliveBirth date not on record.
Isleworth, London, England
as Becka
AliveBorn: August 1, 1982
Age: 44
Putney, London, England, UK
as Cheryl
AliveBorn: January 25, 1985
Age: 41
Enfield, London, England, UK
as Sam The Soleman
AliveBorn: March 4, 1983
Age: 43
London, England, UK
as Gutsy George
AliveBorn: April 27, 1969
Age: 57
England, UK
as Harry 'The Horse' Fenton
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Lil
AliveBorn: March 13, 1958
Age: 68
London, England, UK
as George
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Phil
AliveBorn: January 23, 1942
Age: 84
Surrey, England
as Linton
AliveBorn: May 15, 1972
Age: 54
Clapham, Lambeth, London, England, UK
as Lifeguard
AliveBorn: January 5, 1980
Age: 46
Bristol, England, UK
as Vicar
AliveBorn: August 2, 1964
Age: 62
as Ted
AliveBorn: March 23, 1945
Age: 81
London, England, UK