The Gambling Man is a British three-part television serial, or long TV movie, first broadcast in 1995, starring Robson Green, directed by Norman Stone, based on a novel by Catherine Cookson.
Rory Connor (Robson Green) is a rent-collector on Tyneside with a passion for playing poker for high stakes, while Janie Waggett (Stephanie Putson) is the woman who loves him, standing by him through many troubles.
[2] Producer Ray Marshall bought the film rights to several of the period works of Catherine Cookson, beginning in 1989 with The Fifteen Streets, which had been turned into a successful stage play.
These productions, made by Tyne Tees Television, were very popular and drew between ten and fourteen million viewers each.
[3] This is also the series where Dave Myers and Si King, later the Hairy Bikers, met and became friends while working as makeup artist and assistant director respectively.