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Gangsters (1976)

Gangsters poster
Directed by
Alastair Reid, Roger Tucker, Kenneth Ives
Genre
drama, crime
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 12 episodes
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former SAS officer is recruited by law enforcement to go undercover in Birmingham's criminal underworld. The series follows his attempts to navigate the dangerous and corrupt world of gangsters.

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What happens

Gangsters is a British television programme made by BBC television drama and shown in two series from 1976 to 1978. It was created by Philip Martin and starred Maurice Colbourne as John Kline, a former SAS officer recruited by law enforcement to become an undercover agent in Birmingham. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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