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City of Vice

City of Vice

★ 2.7/10•2008•50m•Drama•Crime
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In the 1750s London’s perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.

Justin Hardy · Director

Clive Bradley · Screenplay

Peter Harness · Screenplay

Dan Reed · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime50m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJan 14, 2008

Episodes

E150m

Episode 1

The Fielding brothers are dining at a tavern run by Jack Harris, an infamous pimp, when a messenger announces that a woman's body has been found at a nearby bagnio. Despite being raped and horrifically mutilated, the woman, Ann Bell, miraculously survives. Tensions mount as the murderer's identity continues to elude the Runners and they fear embarrassment by failing in their first case…

Jan 14, 2008

E250m

Episode 2

When the Reverend Erasmus Cavendish is found murdered in his Soho church, his maid informs the Runners that the reverend was a homosexual (a crime punishable by hanging) and points the finger at a man named William Flynn as the prime suspect. The Runners take their search to Miss Suki's 'Molly House,' an infamous brothel and rendezvous for London's gay men.

Jan 21, 2008

E350m

Episode 3

A break-in at a sugar merchant's Mayfair home brings the Bow Street Runners into conflict with their patron, Lord Newcastle. He reminds the Fielding brothers that their prime duty is to protect the property of the rich and yet the number of burglaries has increased under their new police force. Determined to prove him wrong, the brothers search for the Irish suspects in the shanty towns of Covent Garden, known as the Seven Dials.

Jan 28, 2008

E450m

Episode 4

Tom Jones, an infamous gang leader, is broken out of jail by his Irish gang, who maim several prison guards along the way. This high-profile jailbreak questions the authority of the Bow Street Runners and risks making Lord Newcastle look very foolish for supporting them. The Runners travel to the Seven Dials to re-arrest Jones. With Lord Newcastle reviewing the Runners' government allowance, Henry Fielding accompanies them to make sure Jones is apprehended.

Feb 4, 2008

Episode 5 - Episode 5E550m

Episode 5

Henry looks back on the struggle to fund the Bow Street Runners in the first place, and reflects on how close London came to not having a police force at all… As the new magistrates of Westminster, novelist Henry Fielding and his blind half-brother John want to set up a police force to tackle London's soaring crime epidemic. They find a potential patron in Lord Newcastle, the Prime Minister's brother, but he is unsure of such a force's merits. With the help of Saunders Welch, the High Constable of Holborn, the brothers set out to show Newcastle they can rid the streets of the violent criminal gangs.

Feb 11, 2008

Actors

Iain Glen

Iain Glen

John Fielding

Ian McDiarmid

Ian McDiarmid

Henry Fielding

Alice O'Connell

Mary Fielding

Francis Magee

Francis Magee

Saunders Welch

Sean Francis

Sean Francis

Daniel Carne

Ian Peck

Ian Peck

Tom Talbot

J.D. Kelleher

Tom Quin

Peter McDonald

Peter McDonald

Tom Jones

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