The Long Firm

2004 NR 3h 40m 7.7

The lives of characters who live, love, and suffer through their association with the charismatic charms of gangster Harry Starks.

London, early 1960s. Harry Starks is a dangerous mobster, a club owner who loves money, rent boys, and Judy Garland. He's an East End gangster who, in grandiose Kray Twins style tradition, is not only prone to streaks of madness, depression and a violent temper, but homosexuality. His penchant for Spanish Inquisition style justice has handed him the Fleet Street moniker of "Torture Gang Boss". He revels in a nether world of minor celebrities, fund raisers, boxing, showbiz, gambling clubs and philanthropy, for the sake of public image.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Teddy's Story

1. Teddy's Story

Aired: Jul 7, 2004

Racketeer Harry Starks sees Teddy Thursby, an impecunious peer of the realm w...

Episode 2 Ruby's Story

2. Ruby's Story

Aired: Jul 14, 2004

Ruby Ryder is just the sort of faded celebrity that Harry likes, so when he t...

Episode 3 Jimmy's Story

3. Jimmy's Story

Aired: Jul 21, 2004

When one of his former rent boys is found murdered, Inspector Mooney infers t...

Episode 4 Lenny's Story

4. Lenny's Story

Aired: Jul 28, 2004

In the final part of the dramatisation of Jake Arnott's acclaimed novel, Harr...

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Info about The Long Firm

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC Two

Genres: Drama, Crime