Murray Smith
Director
The Paradise Club (1989)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 19, 1989
Episode 60 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.nightclub
Production Companies: Zenith Productions
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Unfrocked in Babylon
When their criminal mother dies, a streetwise priest and a reluctant villain, estranged brothers, are reunited again and wonder who will get the Paradise Club.
Sept. 19, 1989, midnight
S1E2 - Family Favours
As 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 Elliot Rossini.
Sept. 26, 1989, midnight
S1E3 - Sudden Death Tango
A 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.
Oct. 3, 1989, midnight
S1E4 - Crack in the Mirror
Frank tries to trace a missing teenager and Danny takes explosive action to prevent a ruthless drugs baron from pushing crack and heroin.
Oct. 10, 1989, midnight
S1E5 - Bring on the Cavalry
Danny 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.
Oct. 17, 1989, midnight
S1E6 - Up Jumped a Swagperson
Ma Kane's ghost appears to haunt the Kane brothers, while the hunt for cop-killer Peter Noonan intensifies.
Oct. 24, 1989, midnight
S1E7 - Short Story
Danny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.
Oct. 31, 1989, midnight
S1E8 - Revolving Funds
Frank gets involved with a crooked gambler and Danny launders dirty money.
Nov. 7, 1989, midnight
S1E9 - Sins of the Fathers (1)
Special Branch want to keep Danny on the wrong side of the law and the right side of a sinister organisation.
Nov. 14, 1989, midnight
S1E10 - Sins of the Fathers (2)
Sarah 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?
Nov. 21, 1989, midnight
BBC One
60 min/ep
1200 min
Sept. 19, 1989
Nov. 27, 1990, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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