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Freddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife Jackie, who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go straight, soon finds herself disappointed: Freddie is in fact raring to get back into the game and has set his sights on becoming top dog in the East End underworld.
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Freddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife Jackie, who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go straight, soon finds herself disappointed: Freddie is in fact raring to get back into the game and has set his sights on becoming top dog in the East End underworld.
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Shaun Evans
Jimmy · 4 episodes
Tom Hardy
Freddie · 4 episodes
Charlotte Riley
Maggie · 4 episodes
Kierston Wareing
Jackie · 4 episodes
Margot Leicester
Lena · 4 episodes
Brian Cox
Ozzy · 4 episodes
Jane Wood
Maddie · 4 episodes
Steve Nicolson
Lewis · 4 episodes
Sara Stewart
Patricia · 4 episodes
David Schofield
· 4 episodes
Nicholas Day
Freddie Senior · 4 episodes
Sam Vincenti
Fatik Nevzat · 4 episodes
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