Stay Lucky: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Stay Lucky is a British television comedy-drama series ran from 8 December 1989 to 6 August 1993. Made by Yorkshire Television and screened on the ITV network, it starred Jan Francis and Dennis Waterman. Stay Lucky was a drama about a small-time gangster Thomas Gynn (Dennis Waterman) from London who discovers a new life up North in Yorkshire.

Helping widowed, self-sufficient businesswoman Sally Hardcastle (Jan Francis) when her car breaks down on the motorway, Thomas reluctantly accepts an offer of a lift to Leeds. Over the coming months, the two become involved in a series of misadventures that soon finds them being drawn closer together.

Series details

• Title: Stay Lucky
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1989-12-08
• Final broadcast date listed: 1993-08-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8805
• TVDB ID: 76583

Cast and credited roles

• Dennis Waterman — Thomas Gynn
• Emma Wray — Pippa O'Connor
• Niall Toibin — John Lively
• Jan Francis — Sally Hardcastle

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1989-12-08; final listed air date 1989-12-22.
• Season 2: premiered 1990-09-29; final listed air date 1990-11-10.
• Season 3: premiered 1991-10-12; final listed air date 1991-11-23.
• Season 4: premiered 1993-06-04; final listed air date 1993-08-06.

Source and licence

Adapted from Stay Lucky on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.