Gentlemen and Players is a British television

British television

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 series produced by TVS Television for the ITV

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An aspirational late 1980s drama series, Gentlemen and Players dealt with the struggles and intrigues involving two business rivals, Bo Beaufort and Mike Savage.

Two series were made between 1988 and 1989, comprising 13 episodes in total.

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• Bo Beaufort - Brian Protheroe
  Brian Protheroe
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• Mike Savage - Nicholas Clay
  Nicholas Clay
  Nicholas Anthony Phillip Clay was an English actor.-Early life:Born in Streatham London, to Bill and Rose Clay, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began his acting career in the early 1970s with small parts in film and television.-Career:Clay also appeared in several West End...
  
  
• Sandy Savage - Claire Oberman
  Claire Oberman
  Claire Oberman is a Dutch-born British- and New Zealand-raised actress, known for her role as Australian nurse Kate Norris in the television drama Tenko....
  
  
• Jane Somerville - Edita Brychta
  Edita Brychta
  Edita Brychta is an Anglo – Czech actress. Her birth name was Edita Brychtová.-Background:Born in Prague, Brychtová's parents fled to the West as a result of the 1968 Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia following the Prague Spring...
  
  
• Eleanor Beaufort - Faith Brook
  Faith Brook
  Faith Brook is an English actress who has appeared on stage, in films and on television.Her father was the actor Clive Brook, and her brother Lyndon Brook was also an actor. Her first credited film appearance was The Jungle Book in 1942...
  
  
• Paula Savage - Debra Beaumont