1 Season
5 Episode
City of Vice - Season 1 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.
- Year: 2008
- Country:
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Studio: Channel 4
- Keyword: london, england, police, blind, prostitution, period drama, historical, georgian, british history, 18th century, historical drama, 1750s, legal
- Director:
- Cast: Iain Glen, Ian McDiarmid, Sam Spruell, Alice O'Connell, Francis Magee, Sean Francis
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