Gangsters

A pioneering show starring Maurice Colbourne as Birmingham gangster John Kline. The show was noted for its gritty true-life quality, and often graphic violence.

Genre: Drama, Crime,

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Type: tv

Season: 2

Episode: N/A

Duration: 50 minutes

Release: 1976-09-09

Rating: 7

Season 1 - Gangsters
1976-09-09
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.
1976-09-16
Kline and Khan have only seconds to act as Malleson prepares to take them both down.
1976-09-23
A shipment of heroin goes missing. Rafiq and Khan begin searching an abandoned train station for the stash.
1976-09-30
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.
1976-10-14
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?
1976-10-21
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 - Gangsters
1978-01-06
While undercover agent Khan investigates a drug route along the Asian highway, John Kline becomes part of a Chinese paper chase across Birmingham.
1978-01-13
A mysterious assassin comes to the West Midlands from Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Rafiq decides to proposition Lily Li Tang.
1978-01-27
A master of Kung Fu meets his end while Khan is taken to the cleaners.
1978-02-03
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.
1978-02-10
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.