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City Of Vice - Series 1 Reviews

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In 1793 the crime situation in the centre of London had reached breaking point. It was left to novelist and magistate Henry Fielding and his brother John who created 'The Bow Street Runners' to try and rid the streets of London of prostitution and crime. Read more

Starring	Ian McDiarmid, Iain Glen, Fraces Magee, Mat King
Director	Justin Hardy, Dan Reed
Genres	Drama, Television

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  With not even half a year since its first airing, this historical drama - with its unique and inspired top-class acting, along with the eerie atmosphere (... read more »
  
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  A down to earth history lesson
  
  With good period settings around the streets of London and a clever use of old maps this paints a detailed picture of the city during the birth of the police ... read more »
  
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  Good Historical Drama
  
  I am a great fan of historical drama movies/series based on fact, and this is one of the best series that I've seen. Not only does it portray quite clearly ... read more »
  
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  Grim but excellent
  
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  Watching some of the cast interviews etc after enjoying this series, I was left with the impression that the cast and crew didn't quite appreciate how dark ... read more »
  
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  Frank and Exciting
  
  This was a revelation!
  
  We seldom watch live TV so Lovefilm allows us to catch up with series that we missed. City of Vice was a real eye-opener and ... read more »
  
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  More of that please!
  
  With not even half a year since its first airing, this historical drama - with its unique and inspired top-class acting, along with the eerie atmosphere (... read more »
  
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  More of that please!
  
  With not even half a year since its first airing, this historical drama - with its unique and inspired top-class acting, along with the eerie atmosphere (... read more »
  
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  - brianmcgee
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  - Oxford
  - 22 Jun 2008 at 10:13
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  Frank and Exciting
  
  This was a revelation!
  
  We seldom watch live TV so Lovefilm allows us to catch up with series that we missed. City of Vice was a real eye-opener and ... read more »
  
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  - Cambridge
  - 23 Feb 2009 at 20:30
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  Grim but excellent
  
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  Watching some of the cast interviews etc after enjoying this series, I was left with the impression that the cast and crew didn't quite appreciate how dark ... read more »
  
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- - lanfranc
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  - London
  - 10 Nov 2009 at 11:11
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  Good Historical Drama
  
  I am a great fan of historical drama movies/series based on fact, and this is one of the best series that I've seen. Not only does it portray quite clearly ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Sep 2011 at 20:23
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  A down to earth history lesson
  
  With good period settings around the streets of London and a clever use of old maps this paints a detailed picture of the city during the birth of the police ... read more »
  
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  In 1793 the crime situation in the centre of London had reached breaking point. It was left to novelist and magistate Henry Fielding and his brother John who created 'The Bow Street Runners' to try and rid the streets of London of prostitution and crime....