City of Vice

Name: City of Vice
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 2008-01-14
Rating: 2.7
Cast: Iain Glen, Ian McDiarmid, Alice O'Connell, Francis Magee, Sean Francis

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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.

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StatusEnded

First AiredJanuary 14, 2008

Last AiredFebruary 11, 2008

Episode Runtime50dk

Seasons1

Episodes5

TypeMiniseries

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

london, england police blind prostitution period drama historical georgian british history 18th century historical drama legal

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S1 E5 • 2/11/2008

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.