The Corrupted

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GF Newman's The Corrupted

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Drama plotting the fortunes of one family against the backdrop of a revolution in crime.

Crime drama chronicling the fortunes of one family against the backdrop of a revolution in crime.

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Toby Jones

Joe Armstrong

Izabella Urbanowicz

Alec Newman

Jasmine Hyde

Lucas Hare

Steve Nallon

Matthew Marsh

Nicholas Murchie

Richard Wilson

Theo Fraser Steele

Will Harrison-Wallace

Lotte Rice

GF Newman

Clive Brill

GF Newman's The Corrupted: Series 4: Episode 1

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Toby Jones stars as Joseph Olinska - gangster turned MP - achieving success by any means.

Toby Jones stars as Joseph Olinska - gangster turned MP - achieving success by any means. It's the 1980s and his stepson Brian Oldman is back in jail for a crime he didn't commit.

It's the 1980s and Brian Oldman is back in jail for a crime he didn't commit. He suspects, but cannot prove, that Joseph Oldman, now Joseph Olinska MP, was the perpetrator.

GF Newman's The Corrupted weaves fiction with real characters from history, following the fortunes of the Oldman family - from small-time business and opportunistic petty crime, through gang rivalries, to their entanglement in the highest echelons of society. It's a tale revealing the nexus of crime, business and politics woven through the fabric of 20th century greed as even those with hitherto good intentions are sucked into a web of corruption.

Joey Oldman, an uneducated Jewish child immigrant from Russia, has a natural instinct for business and a love of money - coupled with a knack for acquiring it. His wife Cath is as ruthless in both the pursuit of money and the protection of her son, Brian. Joey built his empire with the help of a corrupt bank manager in the 1950s, starting with small greengrocer shops before moving into tertiary banking and property development, dealing with many corrupt policemen on the way - and befriending both Lord Goodman and Margaret Thatcher. 

The characters are based on GF Newman's novels.

Produced and directed by Clive Brill
A Brill production for BBC Radio 4.

GF Newman's The Corrupted: Series 4

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Criminal family saga, starring Toby Jones as Joseph Olinska, gangster turned MP.

Criminal family saga, based on GF Newman's novel Crime and Punishment. Toby Jones stars as Joseph Olinska, gangster turned MP, achieving success by any means.

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