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The Paradise Club is a BBC television crime drama series, broadcast between 19 September 1989 and 27 November 1990. The series starred Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank and Danny Kane, siblings who inherit a nightclub from their mother, Ma Kane, a matriarch of a criminal South London gang, after she tragically dies. At the start of the series, Frank is working as a priest, but decides to return to London to steer his brother Danny away from crime. The series featured a large supporting cast, with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden notably making an appearance in the episode "Rock and Roll Roulette". A total of twenty episodes were broadcast over the course of two series.
Original Release
09/19/1989 on BBC
Cast
Name | Character |
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Don Henderson | Frank Kane |
Leslie Grantham | Danny Kane |
Leon Herbert | Polish Joe |
Barbara Wilshere | Carol Kane |
Peter Gowen | Jonjo O'Brady |
Nick Dawney | Terry Kane |
Annie Scott-Horne | Samantha Kane |
Kevin Williams | Ronnie Blythe / Ron Blythe / Ronnie Blythe (as Kevin Williams) |
Jack Galloway | DS Jack Nesbit |
Nigel Harrison | DS Fielding |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Chinese Whispers | Tuesday, 25 September 1990 |
2 | Hell's Kitchenette | Tuesday, 02 October 1990 |
3 | Faces from the Past | Tuesday, 09 October 1990 |
4 | The Great Fly-Tipping War | Tuesday, 16 October 1990 |
5 | Old Pals | Tuesday, 23 October 1990 |
6 | Lord of the Files | Tuesday, 30 October 1990 |
7 | Rock and Roll Roulette | Tuesday, 06 November 1990 |
8 | The Rotherhithe Project | Tuesday, 13 November 1990 |
9 | Snow Business | Tuesday, 20 November 1990 |
10 | Dead Dogs Don't Bark | Tuesday, 27 November 1990 |
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Directors
Lawrence Gordon Clark, Richard Standeven, Colin Gregg, Renny Rye, Ken Hannam, Gabrielle Beaumont, Derek Banham, Anthony Wilkinson, Selwyn Roberts
Writers
Murray Smith, Jeremy Burnham, Russell Murray, Susan Boyd, Michael Aitkens
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Don Henderson | Frank Kane |
Leslie Grantham | Danny Kane |
Leon Herbert | Polish Joe |
Barbara Wilshere | Carol Kane |
Peter Gowen | Jonjo O'Brady |
Nick Dawney | Terry Kane |
Annie Scott-Horne | Samantha Kane |
Kevin Williams | Ronnie Blythe / Ron Blythe / Ronnie Blythe (as Kevin Williams) |
Jack Galloway | DS Jack Nesbit |
Nigel Harrison | DS Fielding |
Joan Harsant | Cleaning Lady |
Thomas Craig | DC Lambton / DS Lambton |
Frederick Warder | DCS Graham |
James Saxon | DI Fairweather |
Pete Lee-Wilson | DC Milligan |
Kitty Aldridge | DI Rosy Campbell |
Caroline Bliss | DCI Sarah Turnbull / DI Sarah Turnbull |
Philip Martin Brown | Peter Noonan |
David Swift | Max Wartbug |
Terry Bamber | DC Bob Rae |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Murray Smith | Executive Producer |
Selwyn Roberts | Producer |