The Paradise Club
The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990. The show focuses upon two brothers, Frank & Danny Kane. Their mother, Ma Kane, is the matriarch of a criminal gang in South London, helped by her son Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.
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- Ep 1
1.Unfrocked in Babylon
19-09-198960mWhen their criminal mother dies, a streetwise priest and a reluctant villain, estranged brothers, are reunited again and wonder who will get the Paradise Club.
- Ep 2
2.Family Favours
26-09-198960mAs Frank settles in at the Paradise Club, Danny's would-be assassins are on trial for attempted murder, and the outrageous Great Crane Robbery seals the fate of Glasgow gangster El...
- Ep 3
3.Sudden Death Tango
03-10-198960mA police plan to foil a major gem heist goes tragically wrong and Danny convinces a young would-be armed robber that a life of crime leads to misery.
- Ep 4
4.Crack in the Mirror
10-10-198960mFrank tries to trace a missing teenager and Danny takes explosive action to prevent a ruthless drugs baron from pushing crack and heroin.
- Ep 5
5.Bring on the Cavalry
17-10-198960mDanny is arrested, but confounds his lawyer by refusing to provide an alibi for a crime he did not commit, leaving Frank to take on vicious drug dealer Colonel Mombassa.
- Ep 6
6.Up Jumped a Swagperson
24-10-198960mMa Kane's ghost appears to haunt the Kane brothers, while the hunt for cop-killer Peter Noonan intensifies.
- Ep 7
7.Short Story
31-10-198960mDanny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.
- Ep 8
8.Revolving Funds
07-11-198960mFrank gets involved with a crooked gambler and Danny launders dirty money.
- Ep 9
9.Sins of the Fathers (1)
14-11-198960mSpecial Branch want to keep Danny on the wrong side of the law and the right side of a sinister organisation.
- Ep 10
10.Sins of the Fathers (2)
21-11-198960mSarah Turnbull blackmails Danny into staging a daring robbery, intending to double cross him at the last minute. Only Frank can save him, but can he do it in time?
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