Frank Stubbs Promotes

Frank Stubbs Promotes (Series 1) / Frank Stubbs (Series 2) is a comedy-drama from about 20 years ago starring Timothy Spall and Lesley Sharp with well-known guest stars. 50-minute episodes. From a website I found somewhere: 
Frank Stubbs Promotes was a comedy/drama much in the vein of "Minder" but without the double act. Frank (Timothy Spall) is your classic down on his luck hero; in this case a promoter of actors, entertainers, sportsmen, you name it. He's broken away from his slimy boss/rival (played by Nick Reding in series 1) to be his own boss but each week, he'll either be befriending some other down on their luck has-been trying to make a comeback, or an aspiring newcomer with stars in their eyes. For the second series, the programme title was shortened to Frank Stubbs.