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James Maxwell and Mike Gwilym as Charles Roland and Sid Halley in The Racing Game, Yorkshire TV’s 1979 adaptation of Dick Francis’s Odds Against.

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Odds Against by Dick Francis

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The Dick Francis Thriller: The Racing Game: Odds Against (1.1, Yorkshire Television, 1979)

"Mr. Halley, we've operated three times. You're hard, but you can't take any more - and we can't do any more for you. The nerves, the tendons, the sinews: they're gone for good."

"I'm a jockey."

"You were."

#the dick francis thriller #the racing game #odds against #yorkshire television #1979 #lawrence gordon clark #dick francis #terence feely #mike gwilym #mick ford #james maxwell #susan wooldridge #rachel davies #gerald flood #holly de jong #michael turner #rosalie williams #david scase #roger milner #maurice bush #i bought this in network's last sale on a whim because it's a title i've noticed in a few acting faves filmographies. i somehow didn't #notice jm was in it until i saw the opening credits! so that was a nice surprise. in fact i hadnt realised a few things about it. i thought #it was one mystery in six parts but it turns out to actually be a case of the week sort of thing. the usp here is the racing angle and the #fact that lead character and jockey turned private detective gwilym only has one hand (something played on a lot in this first episode)#strong supporting cast full of familiar favourites (gerald flood and rachel davies especially). i've never read a dick francis book so #can't say how faithful this is. the title confused me because it implies their was a series of dick francis thrillers for tv of which the #racing game was just one (thus my thinking it was a six parter) but as far as i can tell this was a one off series of six #jm is excellent value as always and for once he isn't having a terrible time or feeling sorry for himself. in fact he's being a bit of a #dick and loving it! gwilym i'm not especially familiar with but there's no mistaking mick ford's familiar face #@thisbluespirit have you seen this one?

James Maxwell as Charles Roland in The Racing Game (Yorkshire TV 1979).

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Mike Gwilym as Sid Halley in The Racing Game (Yorkshire TV 1979).

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Endless list of ships: Sid Halley & Charles Roland (Sid Halley Series - Dick Francis/The Racing Game Yorkshire TV 1979).

I pressed the buttons [on my phone] to reach the man I trusted most in the world, my ex-wife’s father, Rear Admiral Charles Roland... An unemotional, undemonstrative man, not paternal towards me and very far from indulgent, he gave me nevertheless a consciousness that he cared considerably about what happened to me and would proffer rocklike support if I needed it. Like I needed it at that moment... (Dick Francis, Come to Grief.)

Books of Dick Francis in order

Dick Francis (1920-2010) was a British novelist of crime novels, largely involving horse racing. Before becoming an author, Francis was a champion jockey in British National Hunt racing. For four years, he was the jockey to The Queen Mother. Following a bad fall, he retired from racing and started on a writing career where he would write over 40 international bestsellers.

Sid Halley

Odds Against (1965) — Buy on Amazon!

Whip Hand (1979) — Buy on Amazon!

Come to Grief (1995) — Buy on Amazon!

Under Orders (2006) — Buy on Amazon!

Refusal (2013) — Buy on Amazon!

Hands Down (By: Felix Francis) (2022) — Buy on Amazon!

Kit Fielding

Break In (1985) — Buy on Amazon!

Bolt (1986) — Buy on Amazon!

Standalone Novels

Dead Cert (1962) — Buy on Amazon!

Nerve (1964) — Buy on Amazon!

For Kicks (1965) — Buy on Amazon!

Flying Finish (1966) — Buy on Amazon!

Blood Sport (1967) — Buy on Amazon!

Forfeit (1968) — Buy on Amazon!

Enquiry (1969) — Buy on Amazon!

Rat Race (1970) — Buy on Amazon!

Bonecrack (1971) — Buy on Amazon!

Smokescreen (1972) — Buy on Amazon!

Slay Ride (1973) — Buy on Amazon!

Knockdown (1974) — Buy on Amazon!

High Stakes (1975) — Buy on Amazon!

In the Frame (1976) — Buy on Amazon!

Risk (1977) — Buy on Amazon!

Trial Run (1978) — Buy on Amazon!

Reflex (1980) — Buy on Amazon!

Twice Shy (1981) — Buy on Amazon!

Banker (1982) — Buy on Amazon!

The Danger (1983) — Buy on Amazon!

Proof (1984) — Buy on Amazon!

Hot Money (1987) — Buy on Amazon!

The Edge (1988) — Buy on Amazon!

Straight (1989) — Buy on Amazon!

Longshot (1990) — Buy on Amazon!

Comeback (1991) — Buy on Amazon!

Driving Force (1992) — Buy on Amazon!

Decider (1993) — Buy on Amazon!

Wild Horses (1994) — Buy on Amazon!

To the Hilt (1996) — Buy on Amazon!

10 lb. Penalty (1997) — Buy on Amazon!

Second Wind (1999) — Buy on Amazon!

Shattered (2000) — Buy on Amazon!

Dead Heat (With: Felix Francis) (2007) — Buy on Amazon!

Silks (With: Felix Francis) (2008) — Buy on Amazon!

Even Money (With: Felix Francis) (2009) — Buy on Amazon!

Crossfire (With: Felix Francis) (2010) — Buy on Amazon!

Short Story Collections

Field of Thirteen (1998) — Buy on Amazon!

Non-Fiction

The Sport of Queens: The Autobiography of Dick Francis (1957) — Buy on Amazon!

The Racing Man's Bedside Book (1969) — Buy on Amazon!

A Jockey's Life: The Biography of Lester Piggot / Lester (1986) — Buy on Amazon!

Jefferson Hinkley

Damage (With: Felix Francis) (2014) — Buy on Amazon!

Front Runner (With: Felix Francis) (2015) — Buy on Amazon!

Triple Crown (With: Felix Francis) (2016) — Buy on Amazon!

Anthologies

Galaxy Science Fiction, September 1958 (1958) —

John Creasey's Crime Collection, 1977 (1977) — Buy on Amazon!

Verdict of Thirteen (1979) — Buy on Amazon!

Great Stories of Mystery and Suspense (1981) — Buy on Amazon!

1st Culprit (1992) — Buy on Amazon!

The Amis Story Anthology (1992) — Buy on Amazon!

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