Be advised these dramas contain sexual references and language that may offend.
The return of the saga that weaves fiction with real characters from history to follow the fortunes of the Oldman family - from small-time business and petty crime to their entanglement in the highest echelons of society.
1) It is the 1980s and Brian Oldman is back in jail for a crime he didn't commit. He suspects, but cannot prove, that his stepfather Joseph Oldman, now Joseph Olinska MP, was the perpetrator.
2) While his stepson Brian languishes in jail, Joseph continues to launder money for South American drug barons.
3) Joseph will stop at nothing to further his influence, but his plans are jeopardised when the head of the secret service threatens to tell Catherine everything.
4) After initial delays, the prime minister has finally agreed to Joseph's knighthood. His real agenda continues unnoticed.
5) Lionel Smith has finally emerged.
6) Brian tries to help a fellow prisoner as he enjoys a perverse kind of celebrity status in jail, while Joseph is introduced to the Guinness executives.
7) Gallo’s Ponzi scheme has imploded.
8) Brian has been sent to Broadmoor prison, where he incites riots to prove his innocence.
9) Brian is back in jail for a crime he did not commit, convinced Joseph was the real perpetrator. He soon meets a hardened convict who is planning an escape, and decides to join him.
10) Leah works hard to get Brian out of Broadmoor arguing that as he was able to escape and stay out of sight, then he cannot be insane.
Cast:
Joseph Oldman/Olinska.......Toby Jones
Brian.......Joe Armstrong
Catherine.......Isabella Urbanowicz
Tony Wednesday/Michael O’Dell.......Alec Newman
Leah Cohen.......Jasmine Hyde
Kevin Wheeler.......Lucas Hare
Margaret Thatcher.......Steve Nallon
Warder Dewitt.......Matthew Marsh
AC Jennings/Brian Perry/Ernest Saunders/Dr Rickard.......Nicholas Murchie
Judge Melford Stevenson.......Richard Wilson
Fenwick.......Theo Fraser Steele
Mrs Wilkes/Jose Picado.......Will Harrison-Wallace
Sonia/Doreen.......Lotte Rice
Sir Ralph Courtney.......Nick Sampson
Terry Parrish.......Patrick Marlowe
George Carmen/Hank Nolan/AC Roland.......Nigel Cooke
Margaret Courtney.......Flora Montgomery
Tyrwhitt.......Jonathan Tafler
Robert Gallo.......William Meredith
John Binden/Bobbie Brown/Warder Shenton.......Charlie Davies
Kevin Wheeler.......Lucas Hare
Gerald Ronson/Lord Goodman.......Edward Max
Harding/Commissionaire........Simon Pontin
Jack Lynn/Bobby Mark.......Ben Jacobson
Pongo.......David Ajao
Lionel Smith/Andrew McDowell.......Kieron Jecchinis
John Redvers.......Joseph Kloska
Paul Newman.......David John
Sir Roger Berry.......Jamie Newall
Donnie James.......John Hollingworth
Produced & Directed by Clive Brill
10 episodes, each 40MB, 44 minutes long, Bitrate 128kbps
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Great series. Toby Jones is fantastic. Will there be a series 5?
I certainly hope so.
Cheers to William. Thanks very much from Perth WA.
Robert Johnson
"I am ahead of myself and there will be a series 5...…"
G F Newman envisaged there being 6 series; in total 60 episodes, in a blog dated January 2015
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/7aa3e8f8-de9f-4223-a...
Thank you, William!