Outside Bet

Overview

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.

Cast

Bob Hoskins

Percy 'Smudge' Smith

Jenny Agutter

Shirley Baxter

Phil Davis

Threads

Vincent Regan

Jago