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City of Vice – the TV series
A police procedural with a difference. Seventy five years before the Metropolitan Police Force was created, two brothers hired a small team in an attempt to bring law and order to the crime-riddled boroughs of Central London. The team were the now infamous Bow Street Runners, and the brothers were John and Henry Fielding.

Ian McDiarmid and Iain Glen star as the brothers in this tense new drama which gives an authentic glimpse into the extremes of Georgian London.
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Bow Street Runner – the game
Test yourself as you play one of the Fieldings' new recruits to the Bow Street Runners, investigating five different crimes set in the tough underworld of Georgian Covent Garden
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An archaeological take on our Georgian ancestors
Four kings who gave their name to this era of British history
George I, George II, George III, George IV
If you are looking for some of the worst jobs in history, this is a particularly rich hunting ground
The story of life in Georgian and Victorian London
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