Cherubic fair-haired and round-faced, John Stride is David Main, a solicitor based in London and the city of Leeds in Yorkshire in the early-'70s. Stride's character is professionally excellent, has perfect manners, tasteful dress sense and a touch of class. The props, furnishings and scenarios are very '70s. The series is also 'rational' and interesting, in fact, television and film in the early-'70s often stood for high quality entertainment when they got it right. The nostalgia-based tv channel, Talking Pictures should be applauded for airing this series. John Stride also acted in Shakespeare productions and I believe that a later tv series in the '70s which acted in is also worth seeking out.
Review of The Main Chance
