The Nearly Man was a UK TV series from the mid-1970s created by Arthur Hopcraft about a middle-class Labour MP. Originally screened on ITV on 4 August 1974, the series won the Broadcasting Press Guild award for the best single play on British television in 1974. The series was filmed in London by Granada Television, in black and white. Some episodes were directed by British director John Irvin. The main cast included Tony Britton as the lead character, Anne Firbank, John Leyton, and Ian McCulloch.
as Christopher Collinson - Chris Tomlinson
as Bernard King
as Ron Hibbert
as Alice Collinson
as David Collinson
as Brian Griffin
as Peter Richards
as Maurice Wrigley
as Dorothy Hibbert
as Millie Dutton
as Len
as George
as Beryl Gardiner
as Billy
as Mrs. King
as Michael Hibbert
as Andrew Collinson
