Name: Original Gangsters With Sean Bean
Released: 2025-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sean Bean

TV Show · Documentary · History

Actor Sean Bean takes a deep dive through a rogues' gallery of some of the most notorious criminals in history to separate the fact from the fiction, as we find out what they mean to us today and just why they were the original gangsters.

2025 · 44m

Starring Sean Bean

Director Nathanael Wiseman

EPISODE 1

Al Capone

The story of legendary Chicago gangster Al Capone's meteoric rise and catastrophic fall, featuring the never-before-seen testimony of family members and exclusive interviews with the world's leading Capone experts.
EPISODE 2

Peaky Blinders

Uncovers the men who were the real-life inspiration for the series of the same name. Exploding myths, uncovering rumour and using expert testimony to get at the truth of these men who ruled the midlands.
EPISODE 3

Stephanie St Clair

An unprecedented deep dive into Stephanie St Clair, the woman they called The Queen of Harlem, who ran the city's numbers rackets and faced off against all rivals without ever breaking a sweat.
EPISODE 4

Billy Hill & The Krays

Billy Hill, the Godfather of London, the man who taught the infamous Kray Twins everything they knew, gets his turn in the spotlight alongside, for the first time ever, an exclusive interview with Hill's only son, Justin.