The Racing Game

Overview

Sid Halley, champion steeplechase jockey, suffers a devastating injury in a fall that ends his career. He sinks into self-pity until his aristocratic father-in-law bullies him into trying something new: becoming a private detective. A great literary gumshoe emerges as Halley regains his dignity, faces his vulnerability, and finds new meaning in life.

Network

• ITV1

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Mike Gwilym

  Sid Halley

  6 eps

• 

  Holly De Jong

  6 eps

• 

  James Maxwell

  6 eps

• 

  Gerald Flood

  6 eps

• 

  Mick Ford

  Chico Barnes

Themes

• horse racing
• private detective

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