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  • Actors: Ian McDiarmid, Iain Glen, Nigel Harman, Juliet Aubrey
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Contender Entertainment Group
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 238 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000UX59DK
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,109 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Channel 4's brand new graphic five part period drama, based on the life of magistrate and classic author Henry Fielding. This drama follows his quest to clean up the streets of Covent Garden in the 1800s.

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Drama looking at the formation of The Bow Street Runners--a precursor to the police force--in London to deal with rampant levels of crime and prostitution in 1793.

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51 of 51 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The steamy underbelly of 18th Century London, 2 Feb 2008
By Julie Cutler (Sheffield) - See all my reviews
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So far this Channel 4 drama has proved to be a fascinating insight into the professional life of Henry Fielding - the author of Tom Jones and creator of the Bow Street Runners- an early version of the police force. According to Channel 4's site, for once this is not a dramatisation of a particular book, but a drama created from the contemporary records. Drawing on information such as Harris' Lists- a guidebook to the whores of London.

Ian McDiarmid displays his usual consummate acting (well from someone who ranges from the evil emperor in Star Wars to the butler in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels- what would you expect?) Iain Glen ably supports as his blind brother John. What is so fascinating is how totally out of their depth they are when faced with murderers and scary Irish gang leaders. I really like the touch of using a 3D map of the contemporary city to set the changes of scene in context. Worthy historical drama.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved this series, 23 Feb 2008
By P. A. Gordon "the topdragon" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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The best historical TV series for years !
Ian and Iain are marvellous as the Fieldings.
I hope there's another series soon.
So glad it's available on DVD
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars London at its best and worst, 4 Feb 2008
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This is a superb series. No praise can be too high for the combination of outstanding acting and fascinating plot lines. The descriptions and acoount of the 'molly houses' of London and gay weddings is historically absolutely accurate.Nigel Harman shows just how good an actor he is playing the submissive 'Miss Kitty'. Also, harris and his list, again, beyond reproach in historical accuracy. No only a pioneering history drama, as far from twee Jane Austen adaptations as you can get, but a real insight into the horrors of Old London.
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5.0 out of 5 stars As close to the 18th Century as you'll get without a TARDIS
Well researched, well acted and well staged, without sacrifice to modern correctness or language - yes, this is the other side of the coin, and the language then was rough, as was... Read more
Published 18 days ago by G. Gebhardt

4.0 out of 5 stars "Unhand the lady and **** off back to Clerkenwell!"
City of Vice has a great true-life pitch - the efforts of brothers Henry and John Fielding (the author of Tom Jones and a celebrated blind magistrate, played by Ian McDiarmid and... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Trevor Willsmer

5.0 out of 5 stars CSI meets Hogarth
This series is a gem at a bargain price! Using a CGI map of mid 18th Century London to let the viewer get thier bearings it drops you straight into a chamber pot of no holds... Read more
Published 2 months ago by XIII Warrior

1.0 out of 5 stars What makes a good review? LOL!!!
"What makes a good review? Be detailed and specific. What would you have wanted to know before you purchased the product?" Amazonian words...
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Published 4 months ago by Pavlos Petritsis

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well acted
A little gem of a series with excellent dialogues, tremendous actors, good plotlines and although dealing in the sordid, a delicate and unvoyeuristic approach many should emulate.
Published 5 months ago by H. Lacroix

5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptionally COOL!
Wow... Now what can I say about this little gem... anyone know when series 2 is on!?

I loved this series and it is worth every penny. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Cathy Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good with only one fault
This is quite a good historical piece of 18th century London. It attempts to show the city as it really was rather than a polite and idealistic view. Read more
Published 9 months ago by W. Hutchinson

5.0 out of 5 stars E X C E L L E N T
once again i purchased this off amazon because of customer reviews.
never heard of it before and did'nt even realise it had been transmitted on ch4. Read more
Published 9 months ago by cazzab

5.0 out of 5 stars Great
If this is series 1, when will they do Series 2???? I can't wait!!
Published 9 months ago by Solitaire

5.0 out of 5 stars 'London needed a police force'
Im a sucker for 18th Century history. The politics - the culture - the economics. Its the raw energy that is beginning to unleashed as society was changing - changes that brought... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Mr President

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