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television series that aired from 24 October 2000 until 5 December 2000. The series centres on Len Green (

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), a former bank robber and getaway driver, who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertakers run by his uncle ( Frank Finlay). However, his resolve to stay out of the criminal world is tested by temptations based on the

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. The series was directed by David Yates, Sallie Aprahamian and Simon Curtis, and was written solely by William Ivory. The complete series was released on DVD on 28 March 2011.

Plot

Len Green (

) is a bank robber. During his long career as a getaway driver, he has served many sentences and spent a fair proportion of his life behind bars. Now middle-aged, with a very expensive house, bought with the proceeds of the robberies, and an attractive wife, Gloria ( Geraldine James) and five daughters, four of whom are grown up – Faith (

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), Hope (

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), Chastity (

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), Charity ( Caroline Hayes) and Dolores (Billie Cook) (the only one who is still a child) – to whom he is devoted, he resolves to change his lifestyle and "go straight". But having joined his Uncle Irwin ( Frank Finlay) in the family firm of undertakers, he is faced with many temptations, in the form of the seven deadly sins, which test his resolve to stay out of trouble. Len's friends ask him to help out with one last robbery. His wife, who can't accept that she will no longer have a steady income, steals a priceless necklace, which Len vows to return. And after so many years in prison, Len asks himself the questions: does his wife still love him? And can he still satisfy her in bed?

Awards

Producer Liza Marshall won a

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for Best Newcomer in 2001, and Ivory an

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for Best Miniseries in 2002. In the 2001 BAFTAs, the series was nominated for Best Actor (Postlethwaite), Best Actress (James) and Best Drama Series (Marshall and Ivory), but won none of these categories.

Cast

as Len Green * Geraldine James as Gloria Green * Caroline Hayes as Charity Green * Frank Finlay as Irwin Green * Philip Jackson as Mickey Thomas *

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as Carl Rogers * Kenneth MacDonald as Oy *

as Hope Green *

as Faith Blackwell * Denise Black as Matisse Clegg *

as Chastity Green * Amanda Abbington as Belinda Edgeley * Billie Cook as Dolores Green * Nick Raggett as Rabbit *

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as Maurey

Episodes

References

External links

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