The Paradise Club

Total Seasons :2Total Episodes : 20

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...

Episodes(10)

Unfrocked in Babylon

1. Unfrocked in Babylon

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.

Air Date : 1989-09-19

Family Favours

2. Family Favours

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.

Air Date : 1989-09-26

Sudden Death Tango

3. Sudden Death Tango

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.

Air Date : 1989-10-03

Crack in the Mirror

4. Crack in the Mirror

Frank tries to trace a missing teenager and Danny takes explosive action to prevent a ruthless drugs baron from pushing crack and heroin.

Air Date : 1989-10-10

Bring on the Cavalry

5. Bring on the Cavalry

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.

Air Date : 1989-10-17

Up Jumped a Swagperson

6. Up Jumped a Swagperson

Ma Kane's ghost appears to haunt the Kane brothers, while the hunt for cop-killer Peter Noonan intensifies.

Air Date : 1989-10-24

Short Story

7. Short Story

Danny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.

Air Date : 1989-10-31

Revolving Funds

8. Revolving Funds

Frank gets involved with a crooked gambler and Danny launders dirty money.

Air Date : 1989-11-07

Sins of the Fathers (1)

9. Sins of the Fathers (1)

Special Branch want to keep Danny on the wrong side of the law and the right side of a sinister organisation.

Air Date : 1989-11-14

Sins of the Fathers (2)

10. Sins of the Fathers (2)

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?

Air Date : 1989-11-21

Cast

Leslie Grantham
Leslie Grantham

(Danny Kane)

Don Henderson
Don Henderson

(Frank Kane)

Barbara Wilshere
Barbara Wilshere

(Carol Kane)

Peter Gowen
Peter Gowen

(Jonjo O'Brady)

Barbara Wilshire

(Carol Kane)

Leon Herbert
Leon Herbert

(Polish Joe)

Kevin Williams

(Ronnie Blythe)

Nick Dawney

(Terry Kane)

Annie Scott-Horne

(Samantha Kane)

David Swift

(Max Wartbug)

Philip Martin Brown
Philip Martin Brown

(Peter Noonan)

Nigel Harrison

(DS Fielding)

Thomas Craig
Thomas Craig

(DS Lambton)

James Saxon
James Saxon

(DI Fairweather)

Pete Lee-Wilson
Pete Lee-Wilson

(DC Milligan)

Frederick Warder
Frederick Warder

(DCS Graham)

Kitty Aldridge
Kitty Aldridge

(DI Rosy Campbell)

Caroline Bliss
Caroline Bliss

(DI Sarah Turnbull)

Michael Mulkerrin

(Martin Noonan)

Kevin Short
Kevin Short

(Ronnie Blythe (as Kevin Williams))

Joan Harsant

(Cleaner)

Terry Bamber
Terry Bamber

(DC Bob Rae)

Freddie Earlle

(Walter Trafficante)

Ian Lindsay
Ian Lindsay

(DCS Torrance)

Sheila Keith
Sheila Keith

(Ma Kane)

Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels

(DC Webster)

Philip Bretherton
Philip Bretherton

(DI Don Wright)

Tony Marshall
Tony Marshall

(Chas McGhee)

Paul Moriarty
Paul Moriarty

(Calvin Jackson)

Ken Drury
Ken Drury

(DCS George Gibson)

Martin Clunes
Martin Clunes

(Willy Bruce)

Lloret Dunn

(Janine (Lloret McKenna))

David Gooderson
David Gooderson

(Jack Pringle)

Rupert Ingham

(Tom Benson)

Peter Dennis
Peter Dennis

(Dr Agnew)

Janet Steel

(Houseman)

Nick Gillard
Nick Gillard

(Nicky The Frost)

Michael Fenner

(DC Dave Hutton)

Gordon Winter

(Blind Michael Dunn)

Lee Silver Baker

(Pat)

Shend
Shend

(Nick 'The Enforcer' Collett)

Nicholas Pritchard
Nicholas Pritchard

(Peregrine Powell)

Snake Davis

(Himself)

Dave Courtney
Dave Courtney

(Minder)

Peter Caffrey

(Truck Driver)

Treva Etienne
Treva Etienne

(Colonel Mombassa)

Arabella Weir
Arabella Weir

(Rebecca Ford)

Jack Ellis
Jack Ellis

(Ginger)

Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent

(Walter MacHeath)

Malcolm Terris
Malcolm Terris

(Sammy Jansen)

David Simeon
David Simeon

(Priest)

Victor Spinetti
Victor Spinetti

(Elliott Rossini)

James Ottaway

(Syd Mellors)

Gina McKee
Gina McKee

(Bank Teller)

Timothy Morand
Timothy Morand

(Jason Philpott)

Derek Newark
Derek Newark

(Bobby Mulgrew)

Olaf Pooley
Olaf Pooley

(Sir David Huxley)

Adam Bareham

(Jack Rivers)

Ron Pember
Ron Pember

(Fred Noonan)

Sandra Voe
Sandra Voe

(Grace Noonan)

Anthony O'Donnell
Anthony O'Donnell

(Constantinou)

Robert Arden
Robert Arden

(Marzocca)

Jeffrey Chiswick

(Carucci)

Dimitri Andreas
Dimitri Andreas

(Nikki)

Malcolm Kaye

(Card Dealer)

Su Elliot
Su Elliot

(Blousey Woman)

Mike Edmonds
Mike Edmonds

(Stan Tubbs)

Mark Northover
Mark Northover

(Albert Ironside)

Dave Arlen

(Johnny Pace)

Peter Attard

(Jaffe)

Charlotte Mitchell
Charlotte Mitchell

(Dolly Mellors)

Stephen Boxer
Stephen Boxer

(Harry Thomas)

Julian Moss

(Dennis)

Maureen Bennett
Maureen Bennett

(Middle Class Lady)

John Benfield
John Benfield

(Det. Supt. Chivers)

Ron Davies

(Slim Jim Hacker)

Andy Mulligan

(Frenchie The Fence Fenchurch)

Trevor Martin

(Sir Wetherly Weeks)

Walter Sparrow
Walter Sparrow

(Barney Bailey)

Joan Campion

(Madge Bailey)

Charles Simon

(Percy)

Artus de Penguern
Artus de Penguern

(Raymond)

Edward York

(Butch)

Peter Geeves
Peter Geeves

(Pudgy)

Helena McCarthy

(Flower Seller)

Martin Milman

(Magistrate)

Rocky Taylor
Rocky Taylor

(Getaway Driver)

Phil Smeeton

(Joe McCrindle)

James Mawdsley

(Kenneth Prescott)

Steph Bramwell

(Miss Malcolm)

Peter Kelly

(Jake 'The Snowman' Chapman)

James Greene
James Greene

(Brother Andrew)

Kenneth Hadley

(Brother Tom)

Paul Arlington

(Bill Prescott)

Clara Onyemere
Clara Onyemere

(Photocopying Girl)

Tim Stern
Tim Stern

(Little Legs Jackson)

Dan Hildebrand
Dan Hildebrand

(Eddie Cleary)

Chris Constantinou

(Alphonce Peria)

Corinne Skinner-Carter

(Betty McGhee)

Geoffrey Swann

(Magnus Ruthven)

Lynette Edwards
Lynette Edwards

(Anne Ruthven)

Michael Crompton

(DI Leitch)

Dean Harris
Dean Harris

(Det Supt Benson)

John Normington
John Normington

(Magnus McKendrick)

Jim Barclay
Jim Barclay

(Bernard Webb)

Roderick Smith

(Gary Belstead)

Doña Croll
Doña Croll

(Clerk of Court)

Richard Syms
Richard Syms

(Building Society Manager)

Penny Bostock

(Building Society Secretary)

Norman Warwick

(Greengrocer)

Mary Sheen

(Flora Reilly)

Jackie Skarvellis

(Rita Stephanopolis)

Marek Anton

(Mirek)

Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn

(Eddie Cleary)

Ramon Deen

(Winston Fairchild)

James Culshaw
James Culshaw

(Thomas Mulholland)

George Zenios
Γιώργος Ζένιος

(Nick Stephanopolis)

Ailsing Reynolds

(Mandy Stephanopolis)

Andrea Jae Coogan

(Samantha Stephanopolis)

Robert Hamilton

(DS Grace)

Czeslaw Grocholski
Czeslaw Grocholski

(Polish Captain)

Daniel Woźniak

(Polish Seaman)

Anthony Higginson

(Undertaker)

Malcolm Raeburn

(DS Tommy Cooper)

David Ryall
David Ryall

(Bishop Sykes)

Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Dickinson

(Battle of the Bands Performer)

John Peters
John Peters

(Dave Newton)

Rory Edwards

(Pete 'The Worst' Tasker)

James Donnelly

(Klaus Dorman)

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