The Losers: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Sydney Foskett is a wrestling promoter who discovers young new wrestler and part-time footballer, "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.

Series details

• Title: The Losers
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1978-11-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 64875
• IMDb ID: tt0077044
• TVDB ID: 71100

Cast and credited roles

• Leonard Rossiter — Sydney Foskett
• Alfred Molina — Nigel

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-11-12; final listed air date 1978-12-17; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Losers 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.