

14/01/2008
In the 1750s London’s perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers. Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.

Iain Glen
as John Fielding

Ian McDiarmid
as Henry Fielding

Sam Spruell
as Lord Newcastle

Alice O'Connell
as Mary Fielding

Francis Magee
as Saunders Welch

Sean Francis
as Daniel Carne

Ian Peck
as Tom Talbot

J.D. Kelleher
as Tom Quin

Peter McDonald
as Tom Jones
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