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City of Vice

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2008
  • 50m
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Ian McDiarmid in City of Vice (2008)
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In the eighteenth century, London is a city filled with prostitutes, pimps, gamblers and villains. In a time before the invention of modern policing procedures, the novelist Henry Fielding a... Read allIn the eighteenth century, London is a city filled with prostitutes, pimps, gamblers and villains. In a time before the invention of modern policing procedures, the novelist Henry Fielding and his blind brother John, battle the perilous streets of Covent Garden in their quest to ... Read allIn the eighteenth century, London is a city filled with prostitutes, pimps, gamblers and villains. In a time before the invention of modern policing procedures, the novelist Henry Fielding and his blind brother John, battle the perilous streets of Covent Garden in their quest to clean up the crime-ridden city.

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    • Ian McDiarmid
    • Francis Magee
    • Steve Speirs
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    477
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    • Stars
      • Ian McDiarmid
      • Francis Magee
      • Steve Speirs
    • 5User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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      • 1 win & 1 nomination

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    Ian McDiarmid
    Ian McDiarmid
    • Henry Fielding
    Francis Magee
    Francis Magee
    • Saunders Welch
    Steve Speirs
    Steve Speirs
    • William Pentlow
    Alice O'Connell
    • Mary Fielding
    Iain Glen
    Iain Glen
    • John Fielding
    Sam Spruell
    Sam Spruell
    • Lord Newcastle
    Sean Francis
    Sean Francis
    • Daniel Carne
    Peter McDonald
    Peter McDonald
    • Tom Jones
    J.D. Kelleher
    J.D. Kelleher
    • Tom Quin
    Ian Peck
    Ian Peck
    • Tom Talbot
    Juliet Aubrey
    Juliet Aubrey
    • Jane Fawkland
    Gary Lewis
    Gary Lewis
    • Robert Anderson
    Nigel Harman
    • Thomas Deacon
    Jonathan Moore
    • Jack Harris
    Geraldine James
    Geraldine James
    • Nell
    Sarah Smart
    Sarah Smart
    • Nancy French
    Holly Lucas
    • Susannah White
    Sean McKenzie
    • Joshua Brogden
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    10/10
    An underrated gem
    I missed this when it originally aired on Channel 4 back in 2008, and stumbled across it on YouTube. What a little masterpiece. It was filmed on a budget, but despite this, the show's creators have managed to accurately portray the London of the 1750s. It's a million miles away from the sanitised period drama of Bridgerton and Downton Abbey. Here we have Georgian London in all its filth and depravity. Pickpockets, beggars, dirt, rotten toothed urchins, prostitutes, corruption. It doesn't shy away from the darker aspects of this era, such as the city being a hotbed of child prostitution.

    I especially liked Iain Glen's portrayal as the blind John Fielding. He was appointed magistrate at Bow Street, becoming renowned as the "Blind Beak", and allegedly being able to recognize three thousand criminals by the sounds of their voices.
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    • Release date
      • January 14, 2008 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Channel 4 (United Kingdom)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Orasul viciului
    • Production companies
      • Touchpaper Television
      • Hardy Pictures
      • Hardy and Sons
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