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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Season 1
1989
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01. Unfrocked in Babylon
1989-09-19
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
1989-09-26
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
1989-10-03
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
1989-10-10
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
1989-10-17
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
1989-10-24
Ma Kane's ghost appears to haunt the Kane brothers, while the hunt for cop-killer Peter Noonan intensifies.
07. Short Story
1989-10-31
Danny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.
08. Revolving Funds
1989-11-07
Frank gets involved with a crooked gambler and Danny launders dirty money.
09. Sins of the Fathers (1)
1989-11-14
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)
1989-11-21
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?