City of Vice

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The incredible story of how London’s first police force came about

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Series 1

Episode 1

Novelist Henry Fielding and his blind half-brother John want to set up a police force to tackle London’s soaring crime epidemic. They find a potential patron in Lord Newcastle, the Prime Minister’s brother, but he is unsure of such a force’s merits.

Episode 2

The Fielding brothers are dining at Jack Harris’ tavern when a messenger announces that a woman’s body has been found at a nearby bagnio. Despite being raped and horrifically mutilated, the woman, Ann Bell, miraculously survives.

Episode 3

Reverend Erasmus Cavendish is found murdered in his Soho church, St. Anne’s. His embittered maid informs the Runners that the reverend was a homosexual, a crime still punishable by hanging.

Episode 4

A break-in at a sugar merchant’s Mayfair home brings the Bow Street Runners into conflict with their patron, Lord Newcastle. He reminds the Fieldings that their prime duty is to protect the property of the rich.

Episode 5

Tom Jones is broken out of jail by his Irish gang, who mame several prison guards along the way. This high-profile jailbreak questions the authority of the Bow Street Runners and risks making Lord Newcastle look very foolish.