The Paradise Club (1989)
The Paradise Club (1989)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Leslie Grantham
Danny Kane

Don Henderson
Frank Kane

Barbara Wilshere
Carol Kane

Peter Gowen
Jonjo O'Brady

Barbara Wilshire
Carol Kane

Leon Herbert
Polish Joe

Kevin Williams
Ronnie Blythe

Nick Dawney
Terry Kane

Annie Scott-Horne
Samantha Kane

David Swift
Max Wartbug

Murray Smith
Creator / Writer

Jack Galloway
DS Jack Nesbitt

Philip Martin Brown
Peter Noonan

Nigel Harrison
DS Fielding

Thomas Craig
DS Lambton

James Saxon
DI Fairweather

Pete Lee-Wilson
DC Milligan

Frederick Warder
DCS Graham

Kitty Aldridge
DI Rosy Campbell

Caroline Bliss
DI Sarah Turnbull

Michael Mulkerrin
Martin Noonan

Kevin Short
Ronnie Blythe (as Kevin Williams)

Lawrence Gordon Clark
Director

Richard Standeven
Director

Ken Hannam
Director

Colin Gregg
Director

Anthony Wilkinson
Director

Gabrielle Beaumont
Director

Renny Rye
Director

Derek Banham
Director

Brian Ward
Director

Selwyn Roberts
Director

Jeremy Burnham
Writer

Russell Murray
Writer

Michael Aitkens
Writer

Susan Boyd
Writer

Barry Purchese
Writer

Ben Daniels
DC Webster

Peter Caffrey
Truck Driver

Treva Etienne
Colonel Mombassa

Philip Bretherton
DI Don Wright

Arabella Weir
Rebecca Ford

Jack Ellis
Ginger

Frank Vincent
Walter MacHeath

Malcolm Terris
Sammy Jansen

David Simeon
Priest

Freddie Earlle
Walter Trafficante

Victor Spinetti
Elliott Rossini

Tony Marshall
Chas McGhee

Ian Lindsay
DCS Torrance

James Ottaway
Syd Mellors

Gina McKee
Bank Teller

Timothy Morand
Jason Philpott

Derek Newark
Bobby Mulgrew

Paul Moriarty
Calvin Jackson

Olaf Pooley
Sir David Huxley

Ken Drury
DCS George Gibson

Martin Clunes
Willy Bruce

Lloret Dunn
Janine (Lloret McKenna)

David Gooderson
Jack Pringle

Rupert Ingham
Tom Benson

Peter Dennis
Dr Agnew

Janet Steel
Houseman

Sheila Keith
Clara Malone / Ma Kane

Nick Gillard
Nicky The Frost

Adam Bareham
Jack Rivers

Ron Pember
Fred Noonan

Sandra Voe
Grace Noonan

Michael Fenner
DC Dave Hutton

Anthony O'Donnell
Constantinou

Robert Arden
Marzocca

Jeffrey Chiswick
Carucci

Dimitri Andreas
Nikki

Malcolm Kaye
Card Dealer

Su Elliot
Blousey Woman

Mike Edmonds
Stan Tubbs

Mark Northover
Albert Ironside

Dave Arlen
Johnny Pace

Peter Attard
Jaffe

Charlotte Mitchell
Dolly Mellors

Stephen Boxer
Harry Thomas

Julian Moss
Dennis

Maureen Bennett
Middle Class Lady

John Benfield
Det. Supt. Chivers

Ron Davies
Slim Jim Hacker

Andy Mulligan
Frenchie The Fence Fenchurch

Trevor Martin
Sir Wetherly Weeks

Walter Sparrow
Barney Bailey

Joan Campion
Madge Bailey

Charles Simon
Percy

Artus de Penguern
Raymond

Edward York
Butch

Peter Geeves
Pudgy

Helena McCarthy
Flower Seller

Martin Milman
Magistrate

Rocky Taylor
Getaway Driver

Phil Smeeton
Joe McCrindle

James Mawdsley
Kenneth Prescott

Gordon Winter
Blind Michael Dunn / Blind Malcolm Dunn

Steph Bramwell
Miss Malcolm

Peter Kelly
Jake 'The Snowman' Chapman

James Greene
Brother Andrew

Kenneth Hadley
Brother Tom

Paul Arlington
Bill Prescott

Clara Onyemere
Photocopying Girl

Tim Stern
Little Legs Jackson

Dan Hildebrand
Eddie Cleary

Chris Constantinou
Alphonce Peria

Corinne Skinner-Carter
Betty McGhee

Geoffrey Swann
Magnus Ruthven

Lynette Edwards
Anne Ruthven

Michael Crompton
DI Leitch

Lee Silver Baker
Pat

John Normington
Magnus McKendrick

Shend
Nick 'The Enforcer' Collett

Jim Barclay
Bernard Webb

Nicholas Pritchard
Peregrine Powell

Roderick Smith
Gary Belstead

Snake Davis
Himself

Doña Croll
Clerk of Court

Joan Harsant
Cleaning Lady / Cleaner

Richard Syms
Building Society Manager

Penny Bostock
Building Society Secretary

Terry Bamber
DC Bob Rae

Norman Warwick
Greengrocer

Mary Sheen
Flora Reilly

Jackie Skarvellis
Rita Stephanopolis

Marek Anton
Mirek

Peter Gunn
Eddie Cleary

Ramon Deen
Winston Fairchild

James Culshaw
Thomas Mulholland

George Zenios
Nick Stephanopolis

Ailsing Reynolds
Mandy Stephanopolis

Andrea Jae Coogan
Samantha Stephanopolis

Robert Hamilton
DS Grace

Czeslaw Grocholski
Polish Captain

Daniel Woźniak
Polish Seaman

Anthony Higginson
Undertaker

Malcolm Raeburn
DS Tommy Cooper

Phil Davis
Walter 'Wally' Fagin

Kwong Chee Leong
Leung Fa

Nick Kemp
DI Goodchild

Violet Lee-Own
Madame Leung

Candida Gubbins
Carol Latham

John Blakey
Sammy Vance

Ciaran McIntyre
DC MacHeath

Dicken Ashworth
Fred O'Connor

Cal MacAninch
Angel Eyes

Sharon Henry
Mandy

Beaux Bryant
Louise

Richard Clews
Hemmings

Toby Salaman
Ignatius Dundas

Sian Webber
Jessica Daltry

Louis Mellis
DC Supt Agnew

Ann Curthoys
Miss Curtis

Michael Roberts
Martin Henry

Peter Jonfield
Sgt Andy Webster

Riba Akabusi
Security Guard

Sandi Carter
Barmaid

Dean Harris
Det Supt Benson / DS Steve Powis

Tony Selby
Jack Deverell

Celia Gregory
Maggie Deverell

Robin Summers
Albert Styles

Ged McKenna
Miles Macey

David Ryall
Bishop Sykes

Philip Voss
Monsignor Drayford

Tony Rohr
Rev. O'Connor

James Bowers
DC Johnson

Iain Rattray
Harry Platt

Tom Hudson
Bill

Bhasker Patel
Newsagent

Frank Lee
Stanley

Duncan Gould
Salvation Army Officer

Hilary Sesta
Styles' Neighbour

John Bardon
'Mad' Max Wheeler

Ivan Kaye
Arthur Burns

Aaron Harris
Reg Pyke

Glyn Grimstead
Padgett

Gavin Watson
Harry Roach

Grant Thoburn
DC Cornwall / DC Ian Cornwall

Neville Watson
Greg Roach

Andrew St. Clair
Mervyn

Moya Ruskin
Marsha

Simon Coady
Mo Harris

Charles Pemberton
Charlie O'Neill

Jenny Bolt
Mrs Wheeler

David Barrass
Jerry

Eve Schickle
Wheeler's Neighbour

Dawn Perllman
Wheeler's Secretary

Penelope Nice
O'Neill's Receptionist

Vera Jakob
Landlady

Graham Fellows
John Shuttleworth

Tim Raynham
Policeman

Anthony Allen
Harry Vincent

John Cater
Monsignor Flynn

Kelly Lawrence
Geraldine

Angela Clarke
Joanne

Kenny Ireland
Tam Gillespie

John Cartwright
Uys

Tom Marshall
Lotz

Susan Brown
Audrey

Kinny Gardner
Marina Cortina

Ruby Venezuala
Drag Artiste

Terry la Tour
Fire Eater

Richard Hawley
Stephen Jarvis

Tom Knight
Arthur Buckle

Jeremy Young
Wilson

Prince D.
Rapper

Jeni De Haart
Hospital Clerk

David Garlick
Begging Youth

Larry Lamb
James Dexter

Bill Thomas
Neville Wickens

Judi Lamb
Debbie Walker

Robbie Barnett
Rabbi Felix Abrahams / Felix Abrahams

Mark Monero
Luther

Robert Perkins
DC Benson

Harry Towb
Syd Mann

Tommy Wright
Charlie the Chauffeur

Sandra Caron
Ethel Mann

P.H. Moriarty
Evil Jim Dalton

Rodriguez King-Dorset
Eddie

Nick Powell
Ronnie Dexter

Valentino Musetti
Anthony Walker

Kate Ricketts
Newsreader

Otis Munyangiri
Calvin

Ken Whitfield
Assassin

Noel Britten
Failed Escapologist

Mark Lewis
Chas Meyer

Michael Feast
Ronnie Hackett

Ruth Hudson
Lucy

Ronan Vibert
Ricky Wooley

Bill Fellows
Sammy Chase

Wayne Norman
Billy Dink

Su Douglas
Madame Le Clerk

Neil Duncan
Chick Clark

John Altman
Eddie

Eamon Maguire
Heavy

David Emerson
Bailiff

Carl Wayne
Tea Dance Singer

Vinny Mann
Bootleg Buyer

Sean McCabe
Bootleg Seller

Dave Courtney
Minder

Mako
Mr. Yamamoto

Paul Geoffrey
Tim Fanshawe

Michael Attwell
Johnny Ivory

Stephen Lewis
Reggie Organ

Andrew Livingston
Vincent Carroll

Paul Copley
Mousey Pavitt

Harold Goodwin
Percy Lovell

Jason Cunliffe
Punk

Tony Bluto
Graham

Steve Swinscoe
Keith

Sayan Akaddas
Nurse

Eiji Kusuhara
Yakuza #1

Des McAleer
DCS Flemyng

Bruce Dickinson
Battle of the Bands Performer / Jake Skinner

Oliver Smith
DS Dennis Last

Robert Gwilym
Dave Tasker

Jason Durr
Tony Bracciola

Dominic Keating
Gregor

Adam Stuart
Rev Daylight Johnson

Morris Paton
Cyril Rooney

Lloyd Anderson
Willie the Caretaker

Vic Tablian
Kemil

Francisco Morales
Stefano Gacha

Paul Viragh
Cabbie

Jonathan Stratt
Lorry Driver's Mate

Pamela Salem
Delia Rich

George Little
Ronnie Rich

Burnell Tucker
Lassiter

Oona Kirsch
DC Tilly Spink

Aslie Pitter
Nathan Willis

Judi Trott
DI Liz Cunningham

Anthony May
DC Supt Hartman

Michael McNally
DC Bennett

Elaine Lordan
Mandy

Stephen Holland
Tom

Greg Ellis
Peter

Lucy Maycock
Miss Hanson

Arturo Venegas
Ricardo Carillo

Christine Moore
Stallholder

Rodney Mendoza
Isaac McDuff

Laurence Kennedy
Constable

John Peters
Dave Newton

Rory Edwards
Pete 'The Worst' Tasker

James Donnelly
Klaus Dorman

Andrew Hilton
ACSO Collins

David Milner
DS Corfield
Details.
Release DateSeptember 19, 1989
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes20
Running Time1h
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
The Paradise Club is a BBC television crime drama series, broadcast between 19 September 1989 and 27 November 1990. The series starred Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank and Danny Kane, siblings who inherit a nightclub from their mother, Ma Kane, a matriarch of a criminal South London gang, after she tragically dies. At the start of the series, Frank is working as a priest but decides to return to London to steer his brother Danny away from crime. The series featured a large supporting cast, with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden notably making an appearance in the episode "Rock and Roll Roulette". A total of 20 episodes were broadcast over the course of 2 series. The first two episodes of series 1 were partly filmed in Broadway Market on the edge of Hackney, the location was apparently chosen for its authentic London character. Around the time of original broadcast, there was some criticism for possible negative stereotyping of ethnic minorities in the series.
The series has never officially been released on DVD, due to issues surrounding clearance rights for the music used. The series is available on youtube. Notably, the series has yet to be repeated on any of the BBC's co-owned free-to-air digital channels, such as UK Gold or UKTV Drama (it has been aired on UK Gold). However, both series are available to purchase from Amazon, but these are VHS to DVD transfers of the original broadcast, in varying quality. A soundtrack album of music featured in the series was also released in 1989, and was available on CD, LP and Cassette.
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