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Series · 1989–1990Ended

The Paradise Club

6.2·2 seasons·20 episodes·60 min avg.·United Kingdom

Focuses on brothers Frank and Danny Kane. Their mother is the matriarch of a South London criminal gang, assisted by Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club following the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.

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Unfrocked in Babylon
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Sep 19, 1989

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.

02
Family Favours
Family Favours
Sep 26, 1989

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.

03
Sudden Death Tango
Sudden Death Tango
Oct 3, 1989

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.

04
Crack in the Mirror
Crack in the Mirror
Oct 10, 1989

Frank tries to trace a missing teenager and Danny takes explosive action to prevent a ruthless drugs baron from pushing crack and heroin.

05
Bring on the Cavalry
Bring on the Cavalry
Oct 17, 1989

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.

06
Up Jumped a Swagperson
Up Jumped a Swagperson
Oct 24, 1989

Ma Kane's ghost appears to haunt the Kane brothers, while the hunt for cop-killer Peter Noonan intensifies.

07
Short Story
Short Story
Oct 31, 1989

Danny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.

08
Revolving Funds
Revolving Funds
Nov 7, 1989

Frank gets involved with a crooked gambler and Danny launders dirty money.

09
Sins of the Fathers (1)
Sins of the Fathers (1)
Nov 14, 1989

Special Branch want to keep Danny on the wrong side of the law and the right side of a sinister organisation.

10
Sins of the Fathers (2)
Sins of the Fathers (2)
Nov 21, 1989

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?

Cast

10 credited
Leslie Grantham
Danny Kane
Don Henderson
Frank Kane
Barbara Wilshere
Carol Kane
Peter Gowen
Jonjo O'Brady
Leon Herbert
Polish Joe
ND
Nick Dawney
Terry Kane
AS
Annie Scott-Horne
Samantha Kane
DS
David Swift
Max Wartbug
JG
Jack Galloway
DS Jack Nesbitt
Kevin Short
Ronnie Blythe (as Kevin Williams)

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