Give us a Break

Season 1

A Wheeler dealer likeable rogue gets lumbered with his girlfriends younger brother who's come down from Liverpool to London. After initially finding the lad and the task of looking after him a huge inconvenience he subsequently discovers that the young scouse is a master snooker player and seeing a world of potential opportunity in this, strokes up a partnership that evolves into brotherhood.

Where to Watch Give us a Break • Season 1

8 Episodes

Heaven Sent
E1
Heaven SentMickey Noades owes snooker player Brindley a lot of money and hasn't got it; unfortunately Brindley's heavies have caught up with him. Luckily his girlfriend's Liverpudlian brother is visiting and challenges Brindley to a game.
A Flagpole Painter from Liverpool
E2
A Flagpole Painter from LiverpoolMickey gets Mo his first private paying snooker match but he needs cash up front to buy a place. Tina has a new freezer being delivered and she won't miss it for a day while he pawns it for the readies or will she?
Streetwise and Nancy Free
E3
Streetwise and Nancy FreeAnother big money game and Micky wants Mo sober and sharp for the match. All is well until Nancy takes a shine to him - at the suggestion of the club owner and match organiser.
When It Rains, It Pours
E4
When It Rains, It PoursTaffy and his wife run a snooker hall. Taffy has a plan to use Mickey and Mo to pull a fast one on his wife and her admirer during a private paying match. But there is more than one trick being pulled and are they just the fall guys?
One Good Stroke Deserves Another
E5
One Good Stroke Deserves AnotherMo is lined up for a big game with a professional player making a comeback and out of the blue his ex girlfriend from Liverpool appears. But all is not as it seems and she isn't alone.
Business Is Business
E6
Business Is BusinessMickey is running out of time to pay his debt to Brindley and sets up a game with some old friends of Bobby Weeks down on their luck after their snooker hall was bombed. Desperate for the money he pushes his friends and acquaintances to the brink.
Right Bad Company
E7
Right Bad CompanyMickey and Mo's working relationship is in a bad place and a rival manager appears on the scene intent on pushing Mickey off to the side. Mickey has his own problems when Brindley decides he wants Mickey's help with something and isn't going to take "No" for an answer.
Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle
E8
Hustle Bustle Toil and Muscle