What are the best episodes of Prospects?

The best rated episodes of Prospects are: Follow the yellow brick lane - S1E10 rated 8.0, Rodent avengers - S1E5 rated 8.0, Subterranean pig sick blues - S1E7 rated 7.7

What are the worst episodes of Prospects?

The lowest rated episodes of Prospects are: The p to s day - S1E1 rated 4.8, Partners in brine - S1E2 rated 7.3, Uncle Harry's system - S1E3 rated 7.5

Prospects Episode Rating Graph

Feb 1986 - Apr 1986

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Best Episodes of Prospects

Follow the yellow brick lane
S1 Ep10
8.0
23rd Apr 1986
Billy falls in love with Bev a headstrong singer dreaming of pop stardom.
Rodent avengers
S1 Ep5
8.0
19th Mar 1986
Pincey and Billy become pest control experts, and take the work of another rat-catcher who does his best to get his own back. At first things go really well, but then the binmen accidently pick up their bottles of whiskey promised to a dour Scots customer, and they realise they should've set traps for the rodents, as usual things start to go pear-shaped.
Subterranean pig sick blues
S1 Ep7
7.7
2nd Apr 1986
Pincey gets a job as a car park attendant, and discovers an underground tunnel that leads to what he thinks is the door to a high street bank. He tells Billy who warns him to steer clear, but the thought of getting rich quick gets the better of Pincey and he offers the job to local gangster, Stretch, who agrees to 'blow open' the bank door and let Pincey have 10%. Not surprisingly things don't go as planned.

Worst Episodes of Prospects

The p to s day
S1 Ep1
4.8
19th Feb 1986
Whilst Pincey and Billy collect their giros, they plan their next get rich quick scheme. Pincey has the idea of a dating service based on astrology,the only problem is the only replies are from women, so Billy egged on by both Del and Pincey tries his hand at the boxing game but is soon out for the count!
Partners in brine
S1 Ep2
7.3
26th Feb 1986
Pincey buys the new company car-a hearse! They swap a few dozen boxes of pickled olives in brine for dolls in national dress which they have trouble flogging at first. Pincey hooks up with a financial investor with dreams of transforming the dockland into a dolphinarium! There's also some fisticuffs which result in Billy being wrongly arrested by Halforth, the copper who is out to get him and Pincey.
Uncle Harry's system
S1 Ep3
7.5
5th Mar 1986
Pincey thinks he's onto a sure winner with a betting system his Uncle Harry invented, but at the greyhound track things don't go as planned! Billy and Pincey also get into hot water with local villain Stretch when they are asked to look after,then deliver £500,which Pincey leaves behind in a chinese take-away.

Prospects Episode Guide

The p to s day
S1 Ep1
4.8
19th Feb 1986
Whilst Pincey and Billy collect their giros, they plan their next get rich quick scheme. Pincey has the idea of a dating service based on astrology,the only problem is the only replies are from women, so Billy egged on by both Del and Pincey tries his hand at the boxing game but is soon out for the count!
Partners in brine
S1 Ep2
7.3
26th Feb 1986
Pincey buys the new company car-a hearse! They swap a few dozen boxes of pickled olives in brine for dolls in national dress which they have trouble flogging at first. Pincey hooks up with a financial investor with dreams of transforming the dockland into a dolphinarium! There's also some fisticuffs which result in Billy being wrongly arrested by Halforth, the copper who is out to get him and Pincey.
Uncle Harry's system
S1 Ep3
7.5
5th Mar 1986
Pincey thinks he's onto a sure winner with a betting system his Uncle Harry invented, but at the greyhound track things don't go as planned! Billy and Pincey also get into hot water with local villain Stretch when they are asked to look after,then deliver £500,which Pincey leaves behind in a chinese take-away.
Dirty weekend
S1 Ep4
7.7
12th Mar 1986
Pincey and Billy find work on a building site and come across a racist bully and try and put one over on him. Billy is in training to become a boxer again, and he and his girlfriend Lucy plan a camping holiday ,but don't figure on Pincey and his new girl, Mona, tagging along without tent poles! Billy's quality time with Lucy is shattered when Pincey's tent collapses and they all bunk in together...
Rodent avengers
S1 Ep5
8.0
19th Mar 1986
Pincey and Billy become pest control experts, and take the work of another rat-catcher who does his best to get his own back. At first things go really well, but then the binmen accidently pick up their bottles of whiskey promised to a dour Scots customer, and they realise they should've set traps for the rodents, as usual things start to go pear-shaped.
Standing on your own one foot
S1 Ep6
7.7
26th Mar 1986
Pincey and Billy decide to leave the Isle Of Dogs and rent a flat on Roman Road, Bow, East London. The landlord is a religious nut, and the other tennants are a 'palmist' and a Jewish business man who is convinced the inland revenue are after him. Pincey and Billy soon come face to face with the local fascists, and after having their van wheels pinched by them, play a game of cat and mouse.
Subterranean pig sick blues
S1 Ep7
7.7
2nd Apr 1986
Pincey gets a job as a car park attendant, and discovers an underground tunnel that leads to what he thinks is the door to a high street bank. He tells Billy who warns him to steer clear, but the thought of getting rich quick gets the better of Pincey and he offers the job to local gangster, Stretch, who agrees to 'blow open' the bank door and let Pincey have 10%. Not surprisingly things don't go as planned.
Flying Tonight
S1 Ep8
7.5
Pincey is saving up for his own hot dog van,but in the meantime is working at 'The Happy Fryer' chip shop with George and Bess, who hate each other! When Bess walks out George falls apart, so Pincey ropes in Billy and Mona to run the chippy, and when George says he'll give anything to have Bess back, Pincey sees his chance and says he'll find her for £100! Pincey and Billy do find Bess and she agrees to see George, but when they arrive at the chippy George has gone mad and prepares to boil Bess in the fat! The police are called and everyone escapes and George is comitted to a mental hospital, but that ain't the end...
Four men in a boat
S1 Ep9
7.5
16th Apr 1986
Billy and Pincey get casual work as waiters on a wedding boat.
Follow the yellow brick lane
S1 Ep10
8.0
23rd Apr 1986
Billy falls in love with Bev a headstrong singer dreaming of pop stardom.