The Losers (TV series)

The Losers
Genre	Sitcom
Starring	Leonard Rossiter Alfred Molina Joe Gladwin
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	ITV
Original run	12 November – 17 December 1978
External links
IMDb profile

The Losers is a British sitcom that aired on ITV in 1978. Written by Alan Coren, it stars Leonard Rossiter and Alfred Molina.^[1] The Losers was made for ITV by ATV and was produced and directed by Joe McGrath.^[2]

In The Losers, Rossiter plays Sydney Foskett, a wrestling promoter who discovers a young new wrester called "The Butcher", played by Molina, who Foskett ensures loses to get the public's love. The sixth and final episode, "Togetherness", is thought to be destroyed.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Plot 3 Episodes 4 References

Cast

• Leonard Rossiter - Sydney Foskett
• Alfred Molina - Nigel
• Joe Gladwin - Dennis Breene

Plot

Sydney Foskett is a wrestling promoter who discovers young new wrestler, "The Butcher", whose real name is Nigel. Foskett, realising that the public love a loser, devises ways for "The Butcher" to lose without the dimwitted Nigel to know what is happening. Foskett often gets paid well for rigging the matches.^[2]

Episodes

The Losers aired on ITV from 12 November to 17 December 1978. All episodes aired on Sundays at 9.15pm and are 30 minutes long.^[2] The final episode, "Togetherness", is missing from the archives, and is thought to be have been destroyed.^[3]

1. "A Star Is Born" (12 November 1978)
2. "The Naming of Parts" (19 November 1978)
3. "Out of the Strong" (26 November 1978)
4. "All Down In Black and White" (3 December 1978)
5. "Sitting On a Goldmine" (10 December 1978)
6. "Togetherness" (17 December 1978)

References

General

• "The Losers - Episode List". British TV Resources (2006). Retrieved on 2007-10-21.

Specific

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