The Paradise Club

 

 

 

1989

 

1, UNFROCKED IN BABYLON

First broadcast on 1989-09-19

Programme about 2 unlikely brothers - a streetwise priest & a reluctant villain - are reunited by the death of their notorious gangster mother. But who will inherit the Paradise Club?

2, FAMILY FAVOURS

First broadcast on 1989-09-26

By Murray Smith. Today, Frank settles in at the Paradise Club, Dannys would-be assasins are on trial for attempted murder & the outrageous Great Crane Robbery seals the fate of Glasgow gangster Elliott Rossini. .

3, SUDDEN DEATH TANGO

First broadcast on 1989-10-03

A police plan to foil a major gem heist goes tragically wrong for Torrance & leads to the arrest of Noonan, while Danny tries to convince a young would-be armed robber that crime is a dangerous & humiliating career.

4, CRACK IN THE MIRROR

First broadcast on 1989-10-10

Danny refuses Chapmans offer of the South London drugs franchise & succeeds in having Chapman arrested & deported after his kids are threatened. Frank tries to find a runaway from Liverpool who is later reunited with his father at the club.

5, BRING ON THE CAVALRY

First broadcast on 1989-10-17

Today, Danny is arrested but confounds his lawyer by refusing to provide an alibi for a crime he did not commit, leaving Frank to take on a vicious drug dealer Colonel Mombassa.

6, UP JUMPED A SWAGPERSON

First broadcast on 1989-10-24

Ma Kane's twin sister Clara arrives from Australia to extend her criminal empire but is instantly deported when Frank, Danny & Rosy also swoop on Peter Noonan's hideaway. Rosy is sent to Sydney & leaves her successor to try & convict Danny.

7, SHORT STORY

First broadcast on 1989-10-31

Danny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.

8, REVOLVING FUNDS

First broadcast on 1989-11-07

Frank gets involved with a crooked gambler & Danny launders dirty money.

9, SINS OF THE FATHERS:1

First broadcast on 1989-11-14

The fascist European Liberation Front is infiltrated by Michael Willard. When Willard is killed, his girlfriend takes over the fight against the Front who are planning a robbery to pay for weapons.

10, SINS OF THE FATHERS:2

First broadcast on 1989-11-21

10/10 episodes in drama series in whch 2 unlikely brothers - a streetwise priest & a reluctant villain - are reunited by the death of their mother, a notorious gangster. But who will inherit the Paradise Club?

 

 

1990

 

1, CHINESE WHISPERS

First broadcast on 1990-09-25

First in a new series of drama programmes about two unlikely brothers played by Leslie Grantham & Don Henderson.Tonight Frank becomes a media hero whn he rugby tackles an armed robber in a South London street.

2, HELL'S KITCHENETTE

First broadcast on 1990-10-02

A huge tax bill threatens the future of the Paradise club.

3, FACES FROM THE PAST

First broadcast on 1990-10-09

While Frank rekindles a romance,Danny deals with an ex-convict.

4, THE GREAT FLY TIPPING WAR

First broadcast on 1990-10-16

A war develops between villians over fly tipping, a truce is declared til Danny finds out that the other crook's dealing in child pornography.

5, OLD PALS

First broadcast on 1990-10-23

Danny gets a call from old school pal, Harry, who offers to cut him in on a business deal. Frank, meanwhile, is doing his best to aid a young prostitute beaten up by a client.

6, LORD OF THE FILES

First broadcast on 1990-10-30

Danny Kane is the victim of an assassination attempt when he accidentally injures the son of a powerful property tycoon.

7, ROCK AND ROLL ROULETTE

First broadcast on 1990-11-06

Danny meets rock guitarist Jake Skinner at the Paradise Club, & decides to try his hand at the music business.

8, THE ROTHERHITHE PROJECT

First broadcast on 1990-11-13

Today, Danny provides some knowledge for Japanese property developers, but the assurances of Tim Fanshaw worry Frank.

9, SNOW BUSINESS

First broadcast on 1990-11-20

Frank suspects that Danny is involved in drug running

10, DEAD DOGS DON'T BARK

First broadcast on 1990-11-27

Last part of thriller series, in which a well known criminal comes to London to pull off a major robbery. His wife wants to stop him and hires a pair of private detectives.

 

Don Henderson

 

 

Don's acting career began when he accepted a 'dare' from a friend to audition for the Royal Shakespeare Company. He was accepted on the spot, and stayed with the RSC for six happy years, playing almost all of Shakespeare's characters.

In 1977, Granada Television cast Don to play the role of Detective Sergeant Bulman in a three part mini-series entitled The XYY Man. He was later asked to re-create the role in Strangers with his on screen partner, Dennis Blanche. After two series of Strangers, Granada gave him his own series entitled Bulman, written by Murray Smith, in which he was partnered by Siobhan Redmond. Bulman ran for 26 episodes.

Don then teamed up with his old friend Leslie Grantham and with Murray Smith to create the award winning drama series The Paradise Club which ran for 20 episodes.

A devoted family man, Don loved to work with his wife, Shirley Stelfox, whenever the opportunity arose, including Knights of God and more recently in the award winning drama Pat and Margaret with Victoria Wood and Julie Walters.

Film credits include Star Wars for George Lucas, A Midsummer Night's Dream for Sir Peter Hall, Brazil and Baron Munchhausen for Terry Gilliam, No Escape opposite Ray Liotta for director Martin Campbell, Wind in the Willows for Terry Jones, and two films awaiting release: Preaching to the Perverted for Stuart Urban and Fairytale for director Charles Sturridge.

Don passed away peacefully in his sleep on Sunday 22nd June 1997 after a short illness, leaving behind his wife, the actress Shirley Stelfox, his son Ian and daughter Louise, his stepdaughter Helena and his grandson, Mathew.