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Prospects is a British television comedy drama series that was written by Alan Janes and originally shown on Channel 4 in 1986. Created by Euston Films who had a pedigree of producing successful, gritty drama such as The Sweeney and Minder, it followed the exploits of two East End 'geezer' characters - Jimmy 'Pincy' Pince played by Gary Olsen and Billy 'Bill' Pearson played by Brian Bovell and their trials and tribulations of making a living in London's Isle of Dogs.
Comprising 12 episodes Prospects - with a comic slant, dealt with many of the major issues affecting British society at the height of the " Thatcherite" '80's including unemployment, crime, poverty, regeneration, social change and racism.
The shows featured many actors, some known like Ken Jones who played 'Horrible Ives' in Porridge and some unknown who went on to find fame elsewhere. These include: Billy Hartman 'Terry Woods' in Emmerdale.
Prospects gained a cult following and ratings wise it performed well above expectation for Channel 4. At that time Channel 4 received a large subsidy from the rival commercial network ITV in exchange for the right to sell airtime; this gave ITV a significant input into the management of the station. The success of Prospects and the fact that it was produced by a subsidiary of the ITV network's largest station Thames Television meant it was moved to a 9pm prime-time repeat slot on ITV in the Spring/Summer of 1987. This fuelled rumours that the network wanted to develop Prospects into a long-running comedy drama series. However, ITV declined the opportunity to develop it beyond the original first series.
Prospects is a Christian charity in the United Kingdom whose aim is to support learning disabled adults, and to enable them to reach their full potential. It was founded in the mid-1970s by David Potter, a Christian minister, who was drawn to the needs of these adults because he and his wife had a daughter with Down's syndrome.
The charity's method of operation is to seek a partnership with a local church before opening a residential facility; this dates back to the original residence, Plas Lluest, near Aberystwyth, which was purchased and established with the help of the Alfred Place Baptist Church in Aberystwyth, with the child of two members of that congregation as the first resident.
Based on the headline over the article Potter wrote and published in the Evangelical Times, Prospects was originally called A Cause for Concern. The name was changed in 1997, at the same time as a reorganisation from a charitable trust into a limited company with charitable status.
Prospects methodology has changed and it now works with around 40 local authorities who fund over 60 services supporting over 300 adults across the UK. The majority of these services are Supported living services with, in addition, a small number of Residential Homes and Day Opportunity services. All Prospects services are regulated by the appropriate bodies in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Prospects vision and mission has been to offer ‘Christianly distinctive’ services to enable people with learning disabilities who so desire, to live a fully Christian life. This Christian ethos is delivered through the staff and in consequence many posts within the organisation carry a Genuine Occupational Requirement to be a Christian.
In addition Prospects has two projects; Causeway Prospects and International Prospects, which are funded separately and entirely from gift income. These projects work with Churches and Christian organisations in the UK and abroad to enable full inclusion in Church life and personal spiritual development for people with learning disabilities. International Prospects also partners in Christian social care initiatives in developing counties.
Prospects may refer to:
- Prospecting pits made to test for commercial ore, See Prospecting#Historical_methods
- Prospects (TV series), a British television comedy drama series of 12 episodes in 1986
- Prospects (charity), a UK Christian charity
- Prospects, an EP by Swedish band Counterblast
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Usage examples of "prospects".
Pretty soon now, if the Iretan prospects lived up to his expectations and he could live off the interest of his credit balance, he'd find himself one of the less frequented planets, a soft leisurely world.
And it will be less expensive than running out to investigate prospects by yourself.
Alex and Tia each took cone-shaped segments of the calculated sphere and began running their own kind of analysis on the prospects the computer search came up with.
Where there is a whole planet with diverse and magnificent lands and wealth and prospects, there is no longer a need to covet a neighbor’s possessions.
To discuss all the options as thoroughly as the charter’s conditions and the colony’s prospects were initially discussed.
I even liked the man, but he and his prospects had not met Father's requirements.
The prospects on all sides delight the eyes, and the scent of the air pleases the nose.
Vierna didn't like the prospects, she and this purple-eyed child together for ten long years.
The prospects have never looked better for the future, for continued peace and continued security.
The prospects of setting Artemis Entreri free on the surface did not sit well in the noble ranger's gut.
He was still leery about the prospects of bringing in a balor, but the carrot, his first victory in one of the guild's biannual contests, was too juicy to ignore.
Knowing that there were other dark elves about, compounding the problem of one very angry red dragon, didn't make him feel any better about the prospects for his three missing friends.
The ship, circling above the hovel Chicken Pox Prospects, wanted to be certain that colonists–and not merely indigenous animals–got the parcels that were to be dropped.
I’ll give you ten more minutes and then I’m bringing you back to Chicken Pox Prospects where you belong.
Were a law to be made “that no man should hold an office who had not a private income sufficient for the subsistence and prospects of himself and family,” Adams had written earlier while in London, then the consequence would be that “all offices would be monopolized by the rich.