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The Paradise Club

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.

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Drama
Crime
Created By

Murray Smith

First Aired on

Sep 19, 1989

2 seaons till Nov 27, 1990

Popularity: 6.9625
4 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Zenith Entertainment (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Dead Dogs Don't Bark

Seasons & episodes

Total 2 seasons, 20 episodes

Season 1

Aired

10 Episodes
  • Episode 1Unfrocked in Babylon60 min

    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.

  • Episode 2Family Favours60 min

    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.

  • Episode 3Sudden Death Tango60 min

    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.

  • Episode 4Crack in the Mirror60 min

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

  • Episode 5Bring on the Cavalry60 min

    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.

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