First Aired: January 14th, 2008
Status: Ended
Network: Channel 4
Summary: 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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# of Episodes: 5
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# of Episodes I haven't watched: 5
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Last Aired Episode
Season 1 - Episode 5: Episode 5
Air Date: February 11st, 2008
Summary: 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.
Cast
Iain Glen
as John Fielding
as John Fielding
Iain Glen
as John Fielding
as John Fielding
Ian McDiarmid
as Henry Fielding
as Henry Fielding
Ian McDiarmid
as Henry Fielding
as Henry Fielding
Juliet Aubrey
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