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"The birth of the Bow Street runners"

This is the story of two men battling to create a police force, 75 years before Robert Peel founded the Metropolitan Police.

In the 1750s London's perilous streets were run by armed gangs, corrupt night watchmen and thief takers.

Then two Westminster magistrates, novelist Henry Fielding (author of Tom Jones) and his brother, John, obtained a grant from Parliament allowing them to bring some law and order to the crime-ridden boroughs of Central London.

London was in need of a police force, that police force were 'The Bow Street Runners'.

Director:

Justin Hardy [6], Dan Reed [4],

Starring:

Iain Glen [17], Ian McDiarmid [19],

Screen Formats:

Widescreen 1.78:1

Language and Sound:

English Dolby Digital Stereo

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