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Season 1

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Play for Today - Gangsters

    • January 9, 1975
    • BBC One

    Pilot Episode, shown as part of 'Play for Today'.

  • S01E01 Incident 1

    • September 9, 1976
    • BBC One

    In this opener, Rawlinson is dead which causes the smooth running of the underworld to become disrupted. This causes the Asian, West Indian, and white communities gangsters to begin looking for a new leader. At the same time, the police release prisoner John Kline, who could possibly be the leading contender for Rawlinson's job.

  • S01E02 Incident 2

    • September 16, 1976
    • BBC One

    Kline and Khan have only seconds to act as Malleson prepares to take them both down.

  • S01E03 Incident 3

    • September 23, 1976
    • BBC One

    A shipment of heroin goes missing. Rafiq and Khan begin searching an abandoned train station for the stash.

  • S01E04 Incident 4

    • September 30, 1976
    • BBC One

    On the top of a modern skyscraper block, there is a general falling out of friends as John Kline is facing execution at the hands of three gunmen.

  • S01E05 Incident 5

    • October 14, 1976
    • BBC One

    Kline´s temporary belief in ghosts ends when Sarah Gant lures him to a secret rendezvous. What is her connection with the now deceased stripper Dinah Carmichael ?

  • S01E06 Incident 6

    • October 21, 1976
    • BBC One

    John Kline barely keeps his head above water but is getting closer to learning his real identity. Meanwhile, Khan plunges into the deep end.

Season 2

  • S02E01 The Dictates of Shen Tang

    • January 6, 1978
    • BBC One

    While undercover agent Khan investigates a drug route along the Asian highway, John Kline becomes part of a Chinese paper chase across Birmingham.

  • S02E02 The Red Executioner

    • January 13, 1978
    • BBC One

    A mysterious assassin comes to the West Midlands from Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Rafiq decides to proposition Lily Li Tang.

  • S02E03 When Beauty Sleeps

    • January 20, 1978
    • BBC One

  • S02E04 Double Peril

    • January 27, 1978
    • BBC One

    A master of Kung Fu meets his end while Khan is taken to the cleaners.

  • S02E05 Enter the White Devil

    • February 3, 1978
    • BBC One

    John Kline goes to the movies with the lovely Lily Li Tang and finds that a seat in the back row can be perilous when the lights go down.

  • S02E06 East of the Equator

    • February 10, 1978
    • BBC One

    In the series finale, John Kline has a very touching encounter with the White Devil as the Chinese New Year is celebrated and a funeral is attended.