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The Power Game is an ITV drama spin-off from The Plane Makers (1963–65), created by Wilfred Greatorex. Broadcast for three 13-episode series, Patrick Wymark reprised his role as Sir John Wilder, who here ruthlessly pursues boardroom machinations and tangled relationships.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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Audiences 79GoodWatch 90
IMDb7.9
Time to watch it all
33 h
39 episodes, about 50 min each
An episode a night: about 6 weeks.
First aired
1965
December 13, 1965
Ended 1969
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
24 of 36 · most episodes first
Patrick WymarkSir John Wilder · 39 episodes
Jack WatlingDon Henderson · 35 episodes
Clifford EvansCaswell Bligh · 34 episodes
Barbara MurrayLady Pamela Wilder · 32 episodes
Peter BarkworthKenneth Bligh · 28 episodes
Rosemary LeachSusan Weldon · 21 episodes
Norma RonaldMiss Lingard · 18 episodes
Michael JaystonLincoln Dowling · 13 episodes
Rachel HerbertJustine Bligh · 12 episodes
George SewellFrank Hagadan · 10 episodes- FMFred McNaughtonBisset · 10 episodes
Richard HurndallSir Jason Fowler · 9 episodes
Robin BaileyCharles Grainger · 6 episodes
Barrie InghamGarfield Kane · 4 episodes
Ian HolmSefton Kemp · 4 episodes
James MaxwellColin Townley · 4 episodes
Ralph MichaelGillingham · 4 episodes- BJBari JonsonNarada, Andre Abwa · 4 episodes
- NTNorman TyrrellSir Gordon Revidge · 4 episodes
Philip MadocTed Newark · 3 episodes
Llewellyn ReesThe Minister, Llewellyn Rees · 3 episodes- DSDavid SavilePeter Hindlesham · 3 episodes
Deborah GrantJill · 3 episodes
Calvin LockhartKofe Lokwe · 2 episodes
Directing · 11
- John Cooper Director
- Robert Tronson Director
- Cyril Coke Director
- Dennis Vance Director
- Peter Moffatt Director
- John Nelson-Burton Director
Writing · 5
- Peter Draper Writer
- Edmund Ward Writer
- Raymond Bowers Writer
- John Bowen Writer
- Roy Clarke Writer
Production · 3
- Wilfred Greatorex Producer, Editor, Writer, Creator
- Rex Firkin Producer, Director
- David Reid Producer, Director
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