The Syndicate (2012)

Directed by

Dominic Leclerc, Syd Macartney, Kay Mellor

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

4 seasons, 23 episodes

Rated

15

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Five people in a betting syndicate win the lottery. The show follows different groups of lottery winners in each series, such as supermarket workers in Leeds or hospital staff in Bradford.

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What happens

The Syndicate is a British television drama series. It was written by Kay Mellor and is broadcast on BBC One. It sees five members of a betting syndicate win the lottery. Each series follows a different syndicate. The first series is set in a Leeds supermarket; the second, a public hospital in Bradford; the third, a crumbling stately home near Scarborough; and the fourth is set between a dog kennel in Yorkshire and Monaco. The theme tune for the first two series of the show is "All or Nothing", by the Small Faces. For the third series, a cover version of the same song performed by Scars on 45 was used. The score is composed by guitarist Hal Lindes from Dire Straits. The theme tune for Season four of the show is a cover of "The Gambler" performed by David Nowakowski featuring Rising Fever. Series 4 premiered on BBC One on 30 March 2021. The series was remade in America as Lucky 7 for ABC and ran for only one series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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