Paddy Conroy
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TV & Film
Conroy: Life & Injustices of a Hardman
(Documentary) (2015)
Production Company: Jack's Mates Films
Director & Producer: Martin Owens-Cairns
Co-Producer: Anna Stubbs
Editor: Stuart Wharton
Camera Op: Craig M. Haugh
Sound Op: Nathan Richards
Plot:
Documentary following Paddy himself. Discussing his upbringing, his life. His involvement with the police over the period of three decades. The impact the police and government intrusions into his personal life have affected his family.
It also has exclusive interviews with Paddy as well as interviews with the people that knew him best.
British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld
Director: Bruce Burgess
Presentor: Bernard O'Mahoney
Plot
Villains, gangsters or "Faces" as they prefer to be called, are the men, gang and family members who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. Some are household names: the Krays, the Richardsons, Paul Ferris, Frankie Fraser, Arthur Thompson and Vic Dark. Many you will not recognise, but the mere mention of these people has struck fear into individuals and entire communities. Despite their notoriety, the faces of Britain's most feared criminals remain largely unknown. That is until now. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld gives a unique insider's insight into these men. Presented by Bernard O'Mahoney, best-selling true crime author and former member of the Essex Boys Firm, Britain's most infamous and influential 'faces' are interviewed for the first time, many of whom have never appeared on camera before.
The Day The Krays Came To Town
(Documentary) (2006)
Director: Steve Wraith
Presentor: Steve Wraith
Plot
Villains, gangsters or "Faces" as they prefer to be called, are the men, gang and family members who have made headlines over the past 50 years for all the wrong reasons. Some are household names: the Krays, the Richardsons, Paul Ferris, Frankie Fraser, Arthur Thompson and Vic Dark. Many you will not recognise, but the mere mention of these people has struck fear into individuals and entire communities. Despite their notoriety, the faces of Britain's most feared criminals remain largely unknown. That is until now. British Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld gives a unique insider's insight into these men. Presented by Bernard O'Mahoney, best-selling true crime author and former member of the Essex Boys Firm, Britain's most infamous and influential 'faces' are interviewed for the first time, many of whom have never appeared on camera before.
Books
Fog on the Tyne: The Story of Britain's Bloodiest Gang War
Author: Bernard O'Mahoney
Plot:
For more than fifty years, two ruthless gangs have dominated the Tyneside underworld. Initially, the Conroy and the Sayers families lived side by side in relative harmony in the West End of Newcastle, but the birth of the drug-fuelled rave culture in the late 1980s changed everything. Drunk on power and with an intense desire to take complete control of the north-east, the families went to war with one another and with anyone else who stood in their way. What followed was an orgy of mindless violence.
In Fog on the Tyne, bestselling true-crime author Bernard O'Mahoney explores the origins of this gangland war and reveals for the first time how and why it spiralled out of control, leaving many injured and others dead.