Chancer is a British

United Kingdom

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 television serial produced by Central Television for ITV

ITV

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. It tells the story of a likable conman and rogue (played by Clive Owen

Clive Owen

Clive Owen is an English actor, who has worked on television, stage and film. He first gained recognition in the United Kingdom for portraying the lead in the ITV series Chancer from 1990 to 1991...

) at the end of the yuppie eighties. There were a total of twenty episodes, split into two series which aired on Tuesdays at 21:00 in 1990 and 1991.
The first series concerned lead character Stephen Crane's (Clive Owen) attempts to save an ailing car firm.