About The Paradise Club
- Released on September 19, 1989
The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990.
The show focuses upon two brothers, Frank & Danny Kane. Their mother, Ma Kane, is the matriarch of a criminal gang in South London, helped by her son Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.
Main Cast of The Paradise Club
Leslie Grantham plays Danny Kane (20 episodes)
Don Henderson plays Frank Kane (20 episodes)
Barbara Wilshere plays Carol Kane (20 episodes)
Peter Gowen plays Jonjo O'Brady (20 episodes)
Barbara Wilshire plays Carol Kane (10 episodes)
Leon Herbert plays Polish Joe (20 episodes)
Kevin Williams plays Ronnie Blythe (10 episodes)
Nick Dawney plays Terry Kane (20 episodes)
Annie Scott-Horne plays Samantha Kane (20 episodes)
David Swift plays Max Wartbug (20 episodes)
Jack Galloway plays DS Jack Nesbitt (10 episodes)
Philip Martin Brown plays Peter Noonan (10 episodes)
Nigel Harrison plays DS Fielding (10 episodes)
Thomas Craig plays DS Lambton (10 episodes)
James Saxon plays DI Fairweather (10 episodes)
Pete Lee-Wilson plays DC Milligan (10 episodes)
Frederick Warder plays DCS Graham (10 episodes)
Kitty Aldridge plays DI Rosy Campbell (10 episodes)
Caroline Bliss plays DI Sarah Turnbull (10 episodes)
Michael Mulkerrin plays Martin Noonan (10 episodes)
Kevin Short plays Ronnie Blythe (as Kevin Williams) (20 episodes)
Secondary Cast of The Paradise Club
Ben Daniels plays DC Webster (2 episodes)
Peter Caffrey plays Truck Driver (1 episode)
Treva Etienne plays Colonel Mombassa (1 episode)
Philip Bretherton plays DI Don Wright (2 episodes)
Arabella Weir plays Rebecca Ford (1 episode)
Jack Ellis plays Ginger (1 episode)
Frank Vincent plays Walter MacHeath (1 episode)
Malcolm Terris plays Sammy Jansen (1 episode)
David Simeon plays Priest (1 episode)
Freddie Earlle plays Walter Trafficante (3 episodes)
Victor Spinetti plays Elliott Rossini (1 episode)
Tony Marshall plays Chas McGhee (2 episodes)
Ian Lindsay plays DCS Torrance (3 episodes)
James Ottaway plays Syd Mellors (1 episode)
Gina McKee plays Bank Teller (1 episode)
Timothy Morand plays Jason Philpott (1 episode)
Derek Newark plays Bobby Mulgrew (1 episode)
Paul Moriarty plays Calvin Jackson (2 episodes)
Olaf Pooley plays Sir David Huxley (1 episode)
Ken Drury plays DCS George Gibson (2 episodes)
Martin Clunes plays Willy Bruce (2 episodes)
Lloret Dunn plays Janine (Lloret McKenna) (2 episodes)
David Gooderson plays Jack Pringle (2 episodes)
Rupert Ingham plays Tom Benson (2 episodes)
Peter Dennis plays Dr Agnew (2 episodes)
Sheila Keith plays Clara Malone (2 episodes) , Ma Kane (2 episodes)
Janet Steel plays Houseman (2 episodes)
Nick Gillard plays Nicky The Frost (2 episodes)
Adam Bareham plays Jack Rivers (1 episode)
Ron Pember plays Fred Noonan (1 episode)
Sandra Voe plays Grace Noonan (1 episode)
Michael Fenner plays DC Dave Hutton (2 episodes)
Anthony O'Donnell plays Constantinou (1 episode)
Robert Arden plays Marzocca (1 episode)
Jeffrey Chiswick plays Carucci (1 episode)
Dimitri Andreas plays Nikki (1 episode)
Malcolm Kaye plays Card Dealer (1 episode)
Su Elliot plays Blousey Woman (1 episode)
Mike Edmonds plays Stan Tubbs (1 episode)
Mark Northover plays Albert Ironside (1 episode)
Dave Arlen plays Johnny Pace (1 episode)
Peter Attard plays Jaffe (1 episode)
Charlotte Mitchell plays Dolly Mellors (1 episode)
Stephen Boxer plays Harry Thomas (1 episode)
Julian Moss plays Dennis (1 episode)
Maureen Bennett plays Middle Class Lady (1 episode)
John Benfield plays Det. Supt. Chivers (1 episode)
Ron Davies plays Slim Jim Hacker (1 episode)
Andy Mulligan plays Frenchie The Fence Fenchurch (1 episode)
Trevor Martin plays Sir Wetherly Weeks (1 episode)
Walter Sparrow plays Barney Bailey (1 episode)
Joan Campion plays Madge Bailey (1 episode)
Charles Simon plays Percy (1 episode)
Artus de Penguern plays Raymond (1 episode)
Edward York plays Butch (1 episode)
Peter Geeves plays Pudgy (1 episode)
Helena McCarthy plays Flower Seller (1 episode)
Martin Milman plays Magistrate (1 episode)
Rocky Taylor plays Getaway Driver (1 episode)
Phil Smeeton plays Joe McCrindle (1 episode)
James Mawdsley plays Kenneth Prescott (1 episode)
Gordon Winter plays Blind Michael Dunn (1 episode) , Blind Malcolm Dunn (1 episode)
Steph Bramwell plays Miss Malcolm (1 episode)
Peter Kelly plays Jake 'The Snowman' Chapman (1 episode)
James Greene plays Brother Andrew (1 episode)
Kenneth Hadley plays Brother Tom (1 episode)
Paul Arlington plays Bill Prescott (1 episode)
Clara Onyemere plays Photocopying Girl (1 episode)
Tim Stern plays Little Legs Jackson (1 episode)
Dan Hildebrand plays Eddie Cleary (1 episode)
Chris Constantinou plays Alphonce Peria (1 episode)
Corinne Skinner-Carter plays Betty McGhee (1 episode)
Geoffrey Swann plays Magnus Ruthven (1 episode)
Lynette Edwards plays Anne Ruthven (1 episode)
Michael Crompton plays DI Leitch (1 episode)
Lee Silver Baker plays Pat (2 episodes)
John Normington plays Magnus McKendrick (1 episode)
Shend plays Nick 'The Enforcer' Collett (2 episodes)
Jim Barclay plays Bernard Webb (1 episode)
Nicholas Pritchard plays Peregrine Powell (2 episodes)
Roderick Smith plays Gary Belstead (1 episode)
Snake Davis plays Himself (2 episodes)
Joan Harsant plays Cleaner (1 episode) , Cleaning Lady (6 episodes)
Doña Croll plays Clerk of Court (1 episode)
Richard Syms plays Building Society Manager (1 episode)
Penny Bostock plays Building Society Secretary (1 episode)
Terry Bamber plays DC Bob Rae (5 episodes)
Norman Warwick plays Greengrocer (1 episode)
Mary Sheen plays Flora Reilly (1 episode)
Jackie Skarvellis plays Rita Stephanopolis (1 episode)
Marek Anton plays Mirek (1 episode)
Peter Gunn plays Eddie Cleary (1 episode)
Ramon Deen plays Winston Fairchild (1 episode)
James Culshaw plays Thomas Mulholland (1 episode)
George Zenios plays Nick Stephanopolis (1 episode)
Ailsing Reynolds plays Mandy Stephanopolis (1 episode)
Andrea Jae Coogan plays Samantha Stephanopolis (1 episode)
Robert Hamilton plays DS Grace (1 episode)
Czeslaw Grocholski plays Polish Captain (1 episode)
Daniel Woźniak plays Polish Seaman (1 episode)
Anthony Higginson plays Undertaker (1 episode)
Malcolm Raeburn plays DS Tommy Cooper (1 episode)
Phil Davis plays Walter 'Wally' Fagin (1 episode)
Kwong Chee Leong plays Leung Fa (1 episode)
Nick Kemp plays DI Goodchild (1 episode)
Violet Lee-Own plays Madame Leung (1 episode)
Candida Gubbins plays Carol Latham (1 episode)
John Blakey plays Sammy Vance (1 episode)
Ciaran McIntyre plays DC MacHeath (1 episode)
Dicken Ashworth plays Fred O'Connor (1 episode)
Cal Macaninch plays Angel Eyes (1 episode)
Sharon Henry plays Mandy (1 episode)
Beaux Bryant plays Louise (1 episode)
Richard Clews plays Hemmings (1 episode)
Toby Salaman plays Ignatius Dundas (1 episode)
Sian Webber plays Jessica Daltry (1 episode)
Louis Mellis plays DC Supt Agnew (1 episode)
Ann Curthoys plays Miss Curtis (1 episode)
Michael Roberts plays Martin Henry (1 episode)
Peter Jonfield plays Sgt Andy Webster (1 episode)
Riba Akabusi plays Security Guard (1 episode)
Sandi Carter plays Barmaid (1 episode)
Dean Harris plays Det Supt Benson (1 episode) , DS Steve Powis (1 episode)
Tony Selby plays Jack Deverell (1 episode)
Celia Gregory plays Maggie Deverell (1 episode)
Robin Summers plays Albert Styles (1 episode)
Ged McKenna plays Miles Macey (1 episode)
David Ryall plays Bishop Sykes (4 episodes)
Philip Voss plays Monsignor Drayford (1 episode)
Tony Rohr plays Rev. O'Connor (1 episode)
James Bowers plays DC Johnson (1 episode)
Iain Rattray plays Harry Platt (1 episode)
Tom Hudson plays Bill (1 episode)
Bhasker Patel plays Newsagent (1 episode)
Frank Lee plays Stanley (1 episode)
Duncan Gould plays Salvation Army Officer (1 episode)
Hilary Sesta plays Styles' Neighbour (1 episode)
John Bardon plays 'Mad' Max Wheeler (1 episode)
Ivan Kaye plays Arthur Burns (1 episode)
Aaron Harris plays Reg Pyke (1 episode)
Glyn Grimstead plays Padgett (1 episode)
Grant Thoburn plays DC Ian Cornwall (1 episode) , DC Cornwall (2 episodes)
Gavin Watson plays Harry Roach (1 episode)
Neville Watson plays Greg Roach (1 episode)
David Milner plays DS Corfield (1 episode)
Andrew St. Clair plays Mervyn (1 episode)
Moya Ruskin plays Marsha (1 episode)
Simon Coady plays Mo Harris (1 episode)
Charles Pemberton plays Charlie O'Neill (1 episode)
Jenny Bolt plays Mrs Wheeler (1 episode)
David Barrass plays Jerry (1 episode)
Eve Schickle plays Wheeler's Neighbour (1 episode)
Dawn Perllman plays Wheeler's Secretary (1 episode)
Penelope Nice plays O'Neill's Receptionist (1 episode)
Vera Jakob plays Landlady (1 episode)
Graham Fellows plays John Shuttleworth (1 episode)
Tim Raynham plays Policeman (1 episode)
Anthony Allen plays Harry Vincent (1 episode)
John Cater plays Monsignor Flynn (1 episode)
Kelly Lawrence plays Geraldine (1 episode)
Angela Clarke plays Joanne (1 episode)
Kenny Ireland plays Tam Gillespie (1 episode)
John Cartwright plays Uys (1 episode)
Tom Marshall plays Lotz (1 episode)
Susan Brown plays Audrey (1 episode)
Kinny Gardner plays Marina Cortina (1 episode)
Ruby Venezuala plays Drag Artiste (1 episode)
Terry la Tour plays Fire Eater (1 episode)
Richard Hawley plays Stephen Jarvis (1 episode)
Tom Knight plays Arthur Buckle (1 episode)
Jeremy Young plays Wilson (1 episode)
Prince D. plays Rapper (1 episode)
Jeni De Haart plays Hospital Clerk (1 episode)
David Garlick plays Begging Youth (1 episode)
Larry Lamb plays James Dexter (1 episode)
Bill Thomas plays Neville Wickens (1 episode)
Judi Lamb plays Debbie Walker (1 episode)
Robbie Barnett plays Felix Abrahams (1 episode) , Rabbi Felix Abrahams (2 episodes)
Mark Monero plays Luther (3 episodes)
Robert Perkins plays DC Benson (3 episodes)
Harry Towb plays Syd Mann (1 episode)
Tommy Wright plays Charlie the Chauffeur (1 episode)
Sandra Caron plays Ethel Mann (1 episode)
P.H. Moriarty plays Evil Jim Dalton (1 episode)
Rodriguez King-Dorset plays Eddie (1 episode)
Nick Powell plays Ronnie Dexter (1 episode)
Valentino Musetti plays Anthony Walker (1 episode)
Kate Ricketts plays Newsreader (1 episode)
Otis Munyangiri plays Calvin (1 episode)
Ken Whitfield plays Assassin (1 episode)
Noel Britten plays Failed Escapologist (1 episode)
Mark Lewis plays Chas Meyer (1 episode)
Michael Feast plays Ronnie Hackett (1 episode)
Ruth Hudson plays Lucy (1 episode)
Ronan Vibert plays Ricky Wooley (1 episode)
Bill Fellows plays Sammy Chase (1 episode)
Wayne Norman plays Billy Dink (1 episode)
Su Douglas plays Madame Le Clerk (1 episode)
Neil Duncan plays Chick Clark (1 episode)
John Altman plays Eddie (1 episode)
Eamon Maguire plays Heavy (1 episode)
David Emerson plays Bailiff (1 episode)
Carl Wayne plays Tea Dance Singer (1 episode)
Vinny Mann plays Bootleg Buyer (1 episode)
Sean McCabe plays Bootleg Seller (1 episode)
Dave Courtney plays Minder (5 episodes)
Mako plays Mr. Yamamoto (1 episode)
Paul Geoffrey plays Tim Fanshawe (1 episode)
Michael Attwell plays Johnny Ivory (1 episode)
Stephen Lewis plays Reggie Organ (1 episode)
Andrew Livingston plays Vincent Carroll (1 episode)
Paul Copley plays Mousey Pavitt (1 episode)
Harold Goodwin plays Percy Lovell (1 episode)
Jason Cunliffe plays Punk (1 episode)
Tony Bluto plays Graham (1 episode)
Steve Swinscoe plays Keith (1 episode)
Sayan Akaddas plays Nurse (1 episode)
Eiji Kusuhara plays Yakuza #1 (1 episode)
Des McAleer plays DCS Flemyng (1 episode)
Bruce Dickinson plays Jake Skinner (1 episode) , Battle of the Bands Performer (1 episode)
Oliver Smith plays DS Dennis Last (2 episodes)
Robert Gwilym plays Dave Tasker (1 episode)
Jason Durr plays Tony Bracciola (1 episode)
Dominic Keating plays Gregor (1 episode)
Andrew Hilton plays ACSO Collins (1 episode)
Adam Stuart plays Rev Daylight Johnson (1 episode)
Morris Paton plays Cyril Rooney (1 episode)
Lloyd Anderson plays Willie the Caretaker (1 episode)
Vic Tablian plays Kemil (1 episode)
Francisco Morales plays Stefano Gacha (1 episode)
Paul Viragh plays Cabbie (1 episode)
Jonathan Stratt plays Lorry Driver's Mate (1 episode)
Pamela Salem plays Delia Rich (1 episode)
George Little plays Ronnie Rich (1 episode)
Burnell Tucker plays Lassiter (1 episode)
Oona Kirsch plays DC Tilly Spink (3 episodes)
Aslie Pitter plays Nathan Willis (1 episode)
Judi Trott plays DI Liz Cunningham (1 episode)
Anthony May plays DC Supt Hartman (1 episode)
Michael McNally plays DC Bennett (1 episode)
Elaine Lordan plays Mandy (1 episode)
Stephen Holland plays Tom (1 episode)
Greg Ellis plays Peter (1 episode)
Lucy Maycock plays Miss Hanson (1 episode)
Arturo Venegas plays Ricardo Carillo (1 episode)
Christine Moore plays Stallholder (1 episode)
Rodney Mendoza plays Isaac McDuff (1 episode)
Laurence Kennedy plays Constable (1 episode)
John Peters plays Dave Newton (1 episode)
Rory Edwards plays Pete 'The Worst' Tasker (1 episode)
James Donnelly plays Klaus Dorman (1 episode)
Crew of The Paradise Club
Directing
Writing
- Ben Daniels
- Peter Caffrey
- Treva Etienne
- Philip Bretherton
- Arabella Weir
- Jack Ellis
- Frank Vincent
- Malcolm Terris
- David Simeon
- Freddie Earlle
- Victor Spinetti
- Tony Marshall
- Ian Lindsay
- James Ottaway
- Gina McKee
- Timothy Morand
- Derek Newark
- Paul Moriarty
- Olaf Pooley
- Ken Drury
- Martin Clunes
- Lloret Dunn
- David Gooderson
- Rupert Ingham
- Peter Dennis
- Sheila Keith
- Janet Steel
- Nick Gillard
- Adam Bareham
- Ron Pember
- Sandra Voe
- Michael Fenner
- Anthony O'Donnell
- Robert Arden
- Jeffrey Chiswick
- Dimitri Andreas
- Malcolm Kaye
- Su Elliot
- Mike Edmonds
- Mark Northover
- Dave Arlen
- Peter Attard
- Charlotte Mitchell
- Stephen Boxer
- Julian Moss
- Maureen Bennett
- John Benfield
- Ron Davies
- Andy Mulligan
- Trevor Martin
- Walter Sparrow
- Joan Campion
- Charles Simon
- Artus de Penguern
- Edward York
- Peter Geeves
- Helena McCarthy
- Martin Milman
- Rocky Taylor
- Phil Smeeton
- James Mawdsley
- Gordon Winter
- Steph Bramwell
- Peter Kelly
- James Greene
- Kenneth Hadley
- Paul Arlington
- Clara Onyemere
- Tim Stern
- Dan Hildebrand
- Chris Constantinou
- Corinne Skinner-Carter
- Geoffrey Swann
- Lynette Edwards
- Michael Crompton
- Lee Silver Baker
- John Normington
- Shend
- Jim Barclay
- Nicholas Pritchard
- Roderick Smith
- Snake Davis
- Joan Harsant
- Doña Croll
- Richard Syms
- Penny Bostock
- Terry Bamber
- Norman Warwick
- Mary Sheen
- Jackie Skarvellis
- Marek Anton
- Peter Gunn
- Ramon Deen
- James Culshaw
- George Zenios
- Ailsing Reynolds
- Andrea Jae Coogan
- Robert Hamilton
- Czeslaw Grocholski
- Daniel Woźniak
- Anthony Higginson
- Malcolm Raeburn
- Phil Davis
- Kwong Chee Leong
- Nick Kemp
- Violet Lee-Own
- Candida Gubbins
- John Blakey
- Ciaran McIntyre
- Dicken Ashworth
- Cal Macaninch
- Sharon Henry
- Beaux Bryant
- Richard Clews
- Toby Salaman
- Sian Webber
- Louis Mellis
- Ann Curthoys
- Michael Roberts
- Peter Jonfield
- Riba Akabusi
- Sandi Carter
- Dean Harris
- Tony Selby
- Celia Gregory
- Robin Summers
- Ged McKenna
- David Ryall
- Philip Voss
- Tony Rohr
- James Bowers
- Iain Rattray
- Tom Hudson
- Bhasker Patel
- Frank Lee
- Duncan Gould
- Hilary Sesta
- John Bardon
- Ivan Kaye
- Aaron Harris
- Glyn Grimstead
- Grant Thoburn
- Gavin Watson
- Neville Watson
- David Milner
- Andrew St. Clair
- Moya Ruskin
- Simon Coady
- Charles Pemberton
- Jenny Bolt
- David Barrass
- Eve Schickle
- Dawn Perllman
- Penelope Nice
- Vera Jakob
- Graham Fellows
- Tim Raynham
- Anthony Allen
- John Cater
- Kelly Lawrence
- Angela Clarke
- Kenny Ireland
- John Cartwright
- Tom Marshall
- Susan Brown
- Kinny Gardner
- Ruby Venezuala
- Terry la Tour
- Richard Hawley
- Tom Knight
- Jeremy Young
- Prince D.
- Jeni De Haart
- David Garlick
- Larry Lamb
- Bill Thomas
- Judi Lamb
- Robbie Barnett
- Mark Monero
- Robert Perkins
- Harry Towb
- Tommy Wright
- Sandra Caron
- P.H. Moriarty
- Rodriguez King-Dorset
- Nick Powell
- Valentino Musetti
- Kate Ricketts
- Otis Munyangiri
- Ken Whitfield
- Noel Britten
- Mark Lewis
- Michael Feast
- Ruth Hudson
- Ronan Vibert
- Bill Fellows
- Wayne Norman
- Su Douglas
- Neil Duncan
- John Altman
- Eamon Maguire
- David Emerson
- Carl Wayne
- Vinny Mann
- Sean McCabe
- Dave Courtney
- Mako
- Paul Geoffrey
- Michael Attwell
- Stephen Lewis
- Andrew Livingston
- Paul Copley
- Harold Goodwin
- Jason Cunliffe
- Tony Bluto
- Steve Swinscoe
- Sayan Akaddas
- Eiji Kusuhara
- Des McAleer
- Bruce Dickinson
- Oliver Smith
- Robert Gwilym
- Jason Durr
- Dominic Keating
- Andrew Hilton
- Adam Stuart
- Morris Paton
- Lloyd Anderson
- Vic Tablian
- Francisco Morales
- Paul Viragh
- Jonathan Stratt
- Pamela Salem
- George Little
- Burnell Tucker
- Oona Kirsch
- Aslie Pitter
- Judi Trott
- Anthony May
- Michael McNally
- Elaine Lordan
- Stephen Holland
- Greg Ellis
- Lucy Maycock
- Arturo Venegas
- Christine Moore
- Rodney Mendoza
- Laurence Kennedy
- John Peters
- Rory Edwards
- James Donnelly