City of Vice

TV series · 50m per ep

Starring Iain Glen, Ian McDiarmid, Alice O'Connell, Francis Magee

In the 1750s London’s perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.