City of Vice
Series 1
Series Summary
In the 1750s London's perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Mixing fiction with real-life characters and informed by detailed historical research, this series follows the fortunes of the famous novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John: the men who created the modern police force.
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Episodes (5)
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The Fielding brothers are dining at a tavern run by Jack Harris, an…
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When the Reverend Erasmus Cavendish is found murdered in his Soho…
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A break-in at a sugar merchant's Mayfair home brings the Bow Street…
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Tom Jones, an infamous gang leader, is broken out of jail by his…
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Henry looks back on the struggle to fund the Bow Street Runners in…
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