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Chancer: Cast & Overview

Chancer is a British television crime drama serial, produced by Central Independent Television for ITV, that first broadcast on 6 March 1990. Starring Clive Owen in the title role of Stephen Crane, Chancer tells the story of a likable conman and rogue at the end of the yuppie 1980s. The first series concerns Crane's attempts to save an ailing car firm…

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Chancer topic overview

The analysis highlights Cast and Overview as prominent areas in the source structure around Chancer.

Related topics
29
Source areas
2
Connected nodes
31
Extracted relationships
35
Concept neighborhoods
16
Bridge connections
31

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Cast · 15 topics
Overview · 14 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Genre
Crime drama
Cinematography
Colin Munn
Composer
Jan Hammer
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Created by
Guy Andrews
Directed by
Alan Grint · Laurence Moody

Suggested research paths

Each trail groups topics mentioned together in one source paragraph. Follow the links to explore that specific context; the order does not imply a factual sequence.

Chancer
3Trail 01
  1. Crime drama
  2. Clive Owen
  3. Jan Hammer
3Trail 02
  1. Simon Shepherd
  2. Leslie Phillips
  3. Peter Vaughan
3Trail 03
  1. Susannah Harker
  2. Caroline Langrishe
  3. Benjamin Whitrow

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Cast

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Chancer connects Entity context

The extracted context around Chancer shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Chancer → Benjamin Whitrow, Caroline Langrishe, Clive Owen, Leslie Phillips, Lynsey Baxter, Matthew Marsh, Peter Vaughan, Ralph Riach, Simon Shepherd, Stephen Tompkinson, Susannah Harker Another extracted example is Chancer → Guy Andrews, Simon Burke, Tony Grounds. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Chancer

Top relations

Starring · 11
Chancer → Benjamin Whitrow, Caroline Langrishe, Clive Owen, Leslie Phillips, Lynsey Baxter, Matthew Marsh, Peter Vaughan, Ralph Riach, Simon Shepherd, Stephen Tompkinson, Susannah Harker
Written by · 3
Chancer → Guy Andrews, Simon Burke, Tony Grounds
related to External links · 3
Chancer → BFI, British Film Institute, IMDbChancer
Directed by · 2
Chancer → Alan Grint, Laurence Moody
Cinematography · 1
Chancer → Colin Munn
Composer · 1
Chancer → Jan Hammer
Country of origin · 1
Chancer → United Kingdom
Created by · 1
Chancer → Guy Andrews
Editor · 1
Chancer → Mike Mulliner
Executive producer · 1
Chancer → Ted Childs

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

series first television episodes crane clive owen stephen simon shepherd susannah harker leslie phillips peter vaughan itv broadcast roles two

Chancer relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 35 structured relationships around Chancer. Examples in this analysis include Chancer → Cinematography → Colin Munn and Chancer → Composer → Jan Hammer. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ChancerCinematographyColin Munn1.00infobox
ChancerComposerJan Hammer1.00infobox
ChancerCountry of originUnited Kingdom1.00infobox
ChancerCreated byGuy Andrews1.00infobox
ChancerDirected byAlan Grint1.00infobox
ChancerDirected byLaurence Moody1.00infobox
ChancerEditorMike Mulliner1.00infobox
ChancerExecutive producerTed Childs1.00infobox
ChancerGenreCrime drama1.00infobox
ChancerNetworkITV1.00infobox
ChancerNo. of episodes201.00infobox
ChancerNo. of series21.00infobox
ChancerOriginal languageEnglish1.00infobox
ChancerProducerSarah Wilson1.00infobox
ChancerProduction companyCentral Independent Television1.00infobox
ChancerRelease6 March 1990 (1990-03-06) – 4 June 1991 (1991-06-04)1.00infobox
ChancerRunning time50 minutes1.00infobox
ChancerStarringClive Owen1.00infobox
ChancerStarringSimon Shepherd1.00infobox
ChancerStarringSusannah Harker1.00infobox
ChancerStarringLeslie Phillips1.00infobox
ChancerStarringPeter Vaughan1.00infobox
ChancerStarringRalph Riach1.00infobox
ChancerStarringCaroline Langrishe1.00infobox
ChancerStarringBenjamin Whitrow1.00infobox
ChancerStarringLynsey Baxter1.00infobox
ChancerStarringMatthew Marsh1.00infobox
ChancerStarringStephen Tompkinson1.00infobox
ChancerWritten byGuy Andrews1.00infobox
ChancerWritten bySimon Burke1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Chancer bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Central, Clive and Crime. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Chancer
    • Central
    • Clive
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Independent
    • Itv
    • Owen
    • Starring
    • Stephen
    • Crane
    • Television
    • Ralph
  • chancer
    • Central
    • Clive
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Independent
    • Itv
    • Owen
    • Starring
    • Stephen
    • Crane
    • Television
    • Ralph
  • crime drama
    • Drama
    • Independent
    • Itv
    • Television
    • Ralph
    • Derek
    • Episodes
    • Hammer
    • Harker
    • Jan
    • Leslie
    • Love
  • central independent television
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Independent
    • Itv
    • Television
    • Chancer
    • Ralph
    • Clive
    • Episodes
    • Hammer
    • Harker
    • Jan
  • itv
    • Television
    • Ralph
    • Cast
    • Clive
    • Derek
    • Episodes
    • Hammer
    • Harker
    • Jan
    • Leslie
    • Love
    • Network
  • clive owen
    • Owen
    • Starring
    • Stephen
    • Crane
    • Ralph
    • Crime
    • Derek
    • Drama
    • Episodes
    • Hammer
    • Harker
    • Independent
  • susannah harker
    • Leslie
    • Peter
    • Phillips
    • Shepherd
    • Simon
    • Susannah
    • Vaughan
    • Ralph
    • Episodes
    • Hammer
    • Independent
    • Itv
  • jan hammer
    • Hammer
    • Jan
    • Written
    • Ralph
    • Harker
    • Independent
    • Itv
    • Leslie
    • Love
    • Network
    • Owen
    • Peter

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Chancer, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Chancer with Cast. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Chancer — Cast · splits 16 ⟂ 16
Chancer — Overview · splits 17 ⟂ 15

Map overview Semantic statistics

Chancer

Nodes32
Edges31
Triples35
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.0625
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Chancer to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Cast & Overview, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Chancer · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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