TV series
The Take
Overview
Freddie Jackson is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for armed robbery. His wife Jackie, who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go straight, soon finds herself disappointed: Freddie is in fact raring to get back into the game and has set his sights on becoming top dog in the East End underworld.
Details
- First air date
- 2009-06-17
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Network
- Sky One
- Production
- Sky 1, Company Pictures, Element Pictures, Warner Sisters Productions, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Shaun Evans as Jimmy
- Tom Hardy as Freddie
- Charlotte Riley as Maggie
- Kierston Wareing as Jackie
- Margot Leicester as Lena
- Brian Cox as Ozzy
- Jane Wood as Maddie
- Steve Nicolson as Lewis
- Sara Stewart as Patricia
- David Schofield
- Nicholas Day as Freddie Senior
- Sam Vincenti as Fatik Nevzat
Creators and crew
- Martina Cole - Creator
- Helen Flint - Executive Producer
- Willow Grylls - Producer
- David Drury - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Episode One
1984, Recently released from prison, aspiring gangster Freddie Jackson vows to make a name for himself in Eighties London, backed by East End kingpin Ozzy, who he met in jail. Joined by his cousin Jimmy, the hoodlum begins his steady rise through the underworld ranks, feeding an insatiable appetite for violence along the way.
Episode 2: Episode Two
The drama moves on three years to 1988, and the new rave culture promises opportunities for the Jacksons as a market for ecstasy emerges. Ozzy sends the cousins to meet a rave organiser in Hackney, and Jimmy sees the opportunity to make a deal with drug lord Des. However, the partnership is threatened when an increasingly erratic Freddie flies into a rage, and his fall from grace begins.
Episode 3: Episode Three
It is now 1994 and it seems Little Freddie is following in his father's footsteps, revealing his sadistic side by orchestrating a showdown between Jackie and Maggie. Meanwhile, Jimmy makes a bid for the empire by plotting an attack on Ozzy in prison.
Episode 4: Episode Four
Jimmy forces Freddie to take responsibility for his son's actions when Little Jimmy is found dead at the hands of Little Freddie. Maggie finally reveals the truth about Little Jimmy's parentage, ending in a showdown between herself and her rapist
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