Henry Fielding's memoirs and contemporary sources such as the Old Bailey Sessions Papers have been used to provide historical accuracy to the series, whilst other historical figures such as the Duke of Newcastle ( Sam Spruell) and the Fieldings' collaborator Saunders Welch ( Francis Magee) appear as characters. The show uses authentic historical research to tell the story of the two men battling to create a police force, 75 years before Robert Peel founded the Metropolitan Police. The historical consultant was Hallie Rubenhold. It was directed by Justin Hardy and Dan Reed. The series was written by Clive Bradley and Peter Harness, whose scripts were nominated for a Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Series, 2008. Henry and John Fielding were magistrates of Westminster and the men who created the modern police force in Britain through the Bow Street Runners. The series mixes fiction with fact following the fortunes of the famous novelist Henry Fielding ( Ian McDiarmid) and his brother John ( Iain Glen). British TV series or programme City of ViceĬity of Vice is a British historical crime drama television series set in Georgian London and first screened on 14 January 2008 on Channel 4.
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