Chances

S01E84: Wr:David Phillips Dir:Kendal Flanagan

Overview

Chances was an Australian evening soap opera, produced from 1991 to 1992. It told the story of the average middle-class Taylor family whose lives are transformed by winning $3 million in the lottery. The series was broadcast by the Nine Network, initially as two one-hour episodes each week.

Principal cast members included John Sheerin and Brenda Addie as Dan and Barbara Taylor, Jeremy Sims as their mischievous son Alex, Deborah Kennedy as Dan's sister Connie Reynolds, Tim Robertson as Dan's brother Jack, Anne Grigg as his wife Sarah, and Michael Caton as neighbourhood friend Bill Anderson. Originally, creator Lynn Bayonas pitched the show as a family-oriented drama; however to help ensure the program's success, Channel Nine asked for nude scenes and risqué elements to also be included in the series. Initial publicity for the show focused on the sex angle, and it was for this that Chances was chiefly known.

Episodes

S01E01 Wr: David Phillips Dir:Richard Sarell

January 29, 1991 60 min

S01E02 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E03 Wr:Patricia Johnson Dir:Mark Callan

60 min

S01E04 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Mark Callan

60 min

S01E05 Wr:Leon Saunders/Katherine Thomson Dir:Mike Smith

60 min

S01E06 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Mike Smith

60 min

S01E07 Wr:Bill Garner Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E08 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E09 Wr:Ysabelle Dean Dir:Mike Smith

60 min

S01E10 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Mike Smith

60 min

S01E11 Wr:Patricia Johnson Dir:Peter Andrikidis

60 min

S01E12 Wr:Annie Beach Dir:Peter Andrikidis

60 min

S01E13 Wr:Sandy Cashman Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E14 Wr:Alan Hopgood Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E15 Wr:Margaret Kelly Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E16 Wr:Paul Leadon Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E17 Wr:Judith Colquhoun Dir:Colin Budds

60 min

S01E18 Wr:David Phillips Dir: Colin Budds

60 min

S01E19 Wr:Terry Stapleton Dir:Peter Dodds

60 min

S01E20 Wr:Sandy Cashman Dir:Peter Dodds

60 min

S01E21 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E22 Wr:Annie Beach Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E23 Wr:Michael Hunter Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E24 Wr:Peter Hepworth Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E25 Wr:Ysabelle Dean Dir:Peter Dodds

60 min

S01E26 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Peter Dodds

60 min

S01E27 Wr:Linden Wilkinson Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E28 Wr:Bill Garner Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E29 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Colin Budds

60 min

S01E30 Wr:Helen Steel Dir:Colin Budds

60 min

S01E31 Wr:Judith Colquhoun Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E32 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E33 Wr:Shane Brennan Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E34 Wr:Shane Brennan Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E35 Wr:Bill Garner Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E36 Wr:Paul Leadon Dir:Chris Adshead

60 min

S01E37 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Chris Adshead

60 min

S01E38 Wr:Ysabelle Dean Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E39 Wr:Ysabelle Dean Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E40 Wr:Terry Stapleton Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E41 Wr:Alan Hopgood Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E42 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E43 Wr:Shane Brennan Dir:Colin Budds

60 min

S01E44 Wr:David Phillips Dir: Colin Budds

60 min

S01E45 Wr:Patricia Johnson Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E46 Wr:Paul Leadon Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E47 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E48 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E49 Wr:Terry Stapleton Dir:Mark Piper

60 min

S01E50 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Mark Piper

60 min

S01E51 Wr:Paul Leadon Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E52 Wr:Helen Steel Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E53 Wr:Ysabelle Dean Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E54 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Gary Conway

60 min

S01E55 Wr:Shane Brennan Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E56 Wr:Everett DeRoche Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E57 Wr:Craig Wilkins Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E58 Wr:Patricia Johnson Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E59 Wr:Margaret Kelly Dir:Mark Piper

60 min

S01E60 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Mark Piper

60 min

S01E61 Wr:Andrew Kennedy Dir:Julie Bates

60 min

S01E62 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E63 Wr:Everett DeRoche/Leon Saunders Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E64 Wr:Sandy Cashman Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E65 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Mark Piper

60 min

S01E66 Wr:Terry Stapleton Dir:Mark Piper

60 min

S01E67 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Tony Osicka

60 min

S01E68 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Steve Mann

60 min

S01E69 Wr:Ysabelle Dean Dir:Richard Sarell

60 min

S01E70 Wr:Keith Aberdein/Paul Leadon Dir:Tony Osicka

60 min

S01E71 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Tony Osicka

60 min

S01E72 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Steve Mann

60 min

S01E73 Wr:Everett DeRoche Dir:Chris Adshead

60 min

S01E74 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E75 Wr:Sandy Cashman Dir:Steve Mann

60 min

S01E76 Wr:Paul Leadon Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E77 Wr:Margaret Kelly Dir:Steve Mann

60 min

S01E78 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E79 Wr:Tom Hegarty Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E80 Wr:Everett DeRoche Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E81 Wr:Chris Roache Dir:Helen Gaynor

60 min

S01E82 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Kendal Flanagan

60 min

S01E83 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E84 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Kendal Flanagan

60 min

S01E85 Wr:Everett DeRoche Dir:Steve Mann

60 min

S01E86 Wr:Tom Hegarty Dir:Kendal Flanagan

60 min

S01E87 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E88 Wr:Graham Hartley Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E89 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E90 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Kendal Flanagan

60 min

S01E91 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Tony Osicka

60 min

S01E92 Wr:Everett DeRoche Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E93 Wr:Tom Hegarty Dir:Tony Osicka

60 min

S01E94 Wr:Sandy Cashman Dir:Kendal Flanagan

60 min

S01E95 Wr:Peter Kinloch Dir:Tony Osicka

60 min

S01E96 Wr:David Phillips Dir:Kendal Flanagan

60 min

S01E98 Diamonds Are For Everyone

60 min

S01E105 Wr:Keith Aberdein Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E106 Wr:Tom Hegarty Dir:Karl Steinberg

60 min

S01E108 Wr:Mary Dagmar Davies Dir:Mark Defriest

60 min

S01E124 Fangs For The Mammaries

60 min

S01E127 It's Now or Never

December 30, 1992 60 min

Cast

Peter Phelps
Peter Phelps
Alex Alter Ego
Tammy Macintosh
Tammy Macintosh
Mandy Foster
Sandy Gore
Sandy Gore
Connie Taylor
Michael Caton
Michael Caton
Bill Anderson
Diane Craig
Diane Craig
Barbara Taylor #2
Rhys Muldoon
Rhys Muldoon
Ben Taylor
Abigail
Abigail
Bambi Chute
Peter Kowitz
Peter Kowitz
Steve Harland
Jeremy Sims
Jeremy Sims
Alex Taylor
Kevin J. Wilson
Kevin J. Wilson
Sir Malcolm
Stephen Whittaker
Sean Becker
Lynda Stoner
Dee Dee Nelson

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