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The Corrupted by G.F. Newman
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Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: Laura
Recommended for: BBC Radio Listeners
Series 1: Bettie's Books
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04yb5fn
Description: Crime drama based on the characters from the best selling novel by the multi-award winning writer, GF Newman. This second series runs from 1961 to 1970.
Spanning six decades, the saga plots the course of one family against the back-drop of a revolution in crime as the underworld extends its influence to the very heart of the establishment, in an uncomfortable relationship of shared values.
At the start of the 1960s, Joey Oldman acquires crafty Arnold Goodman as his solicitor, and buys shares in the civil engineering firm owned by the corrupt Minister of Transport, Ernest Marples.
Prospering with the help of venal bankers, and growing more devious, he and his wife Cath join Macmillan's Conservative Party. They strive without success to keep their son Brian free of the influence of Jack Braden (Cath's nephew) as he takes their 'firm' from running illicit clubs, where they entertain politicians and judges, to armed robbery. All the while, Jack and Brian struggle to keep free of the police and further entanglements with the law, the Kray twins and the Richardsons.
Episode 1: Joey finds a gun Brian has hidden at his house, panics and calls the police.
Episode 2: Joey borrows a lot of money to invest in the Minister of Transport's road-building company.
Episode 3: Jack goes to prison with a lot of help from Joey and Cath, who plant Brian's gun at his flat.
Episode 4: Joey is approached by the police to fence a lot of money from the Great Train Robbery.
Episode 5: An elite band of policemen is formed to tackle the criminal 'firms' and corrupt police officers.
Episode 6: Jack gets paranoid as Brian and the firm plot against him over a robbery they have planned.
Episode 7: Tory councillor, Margaret Courtney, helps Joey corrupt City officials, while continuing their affair.
Episode 8: Brian gets scared of Jack's madness and asks his dad, Joey, to help him escape his influence.
Episode 9: The police are trying to arrest Jack and put pressure on Brian to turn Queen's Evidence.
Episode 10: Corrupt Tony Wednesday manoeuvres Jack and Brian into court, then gets a big surprise from Joey.
Written by GF Newman
Produced and Directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.
The Corrupted could be construed as the prequel to TV's Eastenders, with oopins of historical nuggets tucked inbetween, and this second series deals with the sixties in the first city: the surge of immigrants and the coming of the mods and rockers, not forgetting the ongoing inter-family feuds. Don't forget the music. Highly recommended.
Oh, and that Eastenders comparison? It is enhanced with having Ross kemp as narrator
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04yb5fnDescription: Crime drama based on the characters from the best selling novel by the multi-award winning writer, GF Newman. This second series runs from 1961 to 1970.
Spanning six decades, the saga plots the course of one family against the back-drop of a revolution in crime as the underworld extends its influence to the very heart of the establishment, in an uncomfortable relationship of shared values.
At the start of the 1960s, Joey Oldman acquires crafty Arnold Goodman as his solicitor, and buys shares in the civil engineering firm owned by the corrupt Minister of Transport, Ernest Marples.
Prospering with the help of venal bankers, and growing more devious, he and his wife Cath join Macmillan's Conservative Party. They strive without success to keep their son Brian free of the influence of Jack Braden (Cath's nephew) as he takes their 'firm' from running illicit clubs, where they entertain politicians and judges, to armed robbery. All the while, Jack and Brian struggle to keep free of the police and further entanglements with the law, the Kray twins and the Richardsons.
Episode 1: Joey finds a gun Brian has hidden at his house, panics and calls the police.Episode 2: Joey borrows a lot of money to invest in the Minister of Transport's road-building company.Episode 3: Jack goes to prison with a lot of help from Joey and Cath, who plant Brian's gun at his flat.Episode 4: Joey is approached by the police to fence a lot of money from the Great Train Robbery. Episode 5: An elite band of policemen is formed to tackle the criminal 'firms' and corrupt police officers. Episode 6: Jack gets paranoid as Brian and the firm plot against him over a robbery they have planned. Episode 7: Tory councillor, Margaret Courtney, helps Joey corrupt City officials, while continuing their affair. Episode 8: Brian gets scared of Jack's madness and asks his dad, Joey, to help him escape his influence. Episode 9: The police are trying to arrest Jack and put pressure on Brian to turn Queen's Evidence.Episode 10: Corrupt Tony Wednesday manoeuvres Jack and Brian into court, then gets a big surprise from Joey.Written by GF Newman
Produced and Directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.
The Corrupted could be construed as the prequel to TV's Eastenders, with oopins of historical nuggets tucked inbetween, and this second series deals with the sixties in the first city: the surge of immigrants and the coming of the mods and rockers, not forgetting the ongoing inter-family feuds. Don't forget the music. Highly recommended.Oh, and that Eastenders comparison? It is enhanced with having Ross kemp as narrator
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