British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld

2012•1 series

Available on STV

Britain's most notorious villains and crooks - `faces', as they are sometimes called - who have made headlines over the past 50 years are introduced in this documentary. Presenter Bernard O'Mahoney, a best-selling true crime author and former member of the Essex Boys gang, gives an insider's point of view into such men as Paul Ferris, Frankie Fraser, Wayne Barker and Walter Norval. Interviewed for the first time - some have never appeared in front of a camera - the bad guys reveal shocking true stories of lives etched with danger, fear and violence.

Episode 1Liverpool

Bernard O'Mahoney takes us on a journey from prosperity to poverty, describing how the drugs that infiltrated Liverpool through the port helped to make it one of the worst cities in Britain for cri...

Episode 5Live By The Sword

Bernie explores injustices suffered by those who surrounded themselves with criminals. Do they deserve to become victims of a sometimes flawed judicial system because of an association with the wro...

Episode 6Die By The Sword

When innocent people are jailed for crimes they did not commit, what effect does it have on their lives and the lives of their loved ones? Bernie talks to a victim of one of the most high-profile c...

Episode 8Cons To Icons

Bernie explores how the media has been used to build celebrities out of men, without checking facts. Is it possible to create a gangland persona based purely on a false reputation built by the pres...

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