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In 1996, he played (his friend) William Donaldson's guide to Marbella in the infamous BBC Radio 4 series A Retiring Fellow. [22] In 1999, he appeared at the Jermyn Street Theatre in London in a one-man show, An Evening with Mad Frankie Fraser (directed by Patrick Newley), which subsequently toured the UK.
The first series contains 6 episodes: Glasgow – Featuring interviews with Walter Norval, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Joe Steele, Paul Ferris, Ian 'Blink' McDonald; Manchester – Featuring interviews with Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly, Arthur Donnelly, Paul Massey, Sean Keating, Bernard O'Mahoney, Wayne Barker, David Fraser, Christopher Brayford
Smiler McCarthy (Hugo Blick; series 1 only, Hugo Crippin series 2 episodes 1, 2 and 6, & Narrator series 2 and 3). There were three series produced, which featured guest stars including David Seaman, Jude Law, Sean Pertwee, Jonny Lee Miller, gangster "Mad Frankie" Fraser, ex Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp, Denise van Outen and Donna Air.
Frankie Fraser teamed up with the Richardson gang in the early 1960s. [3] His criminal career began at age 13 with theft. [4] During World War II his crimes escalated, including shopbreaking and desertion. He was a known associate of gangster Billy Hill throughout the 1950s. After joining the Richardsons, he served as their enforcer. [4]
James Alfred Moody (27 February 1941 – 1 June 1993) was an English gangster and hitman whose career spanned more than four decades and included run-ins with Jack Spot, Billy Hill, "Mad" Frankie Fraser, the Krays, the Richardsons and the Provisional IRA. Described by police detectives as "extremely professional" and "extremely intimidating ...
The shooting of the then 68-year-old "Mad" Frankie Fraser, a former enforcer for The Richardson Gang, in July 1991 was said to have been ordered by the Adams family – though Frasier stated in his autobiography "Mad Frank" that he had been targeted by rogue police.
She also secured another notable television moment when she obtained the first interview with the notorious criminal "Mad" Frankie Fraser, for The Underworld documentary series. [9] Working in the science department, [8] she became Editor of the BBC One series QED, and then executive producer of the documentary series Animal Hospital and The ...
Foreman was nicknamed "Brown Bread Fred" (‘Brown Bread’ being Cockney rhyming slang for ‘Dead’), as he was known in the underworld for being able to dispose of bodies. [2] [3] For a large part of the 1960s, Foreman and the Kray twins' gang The Firm, ruled the streets in the East End of London. But Foreman’s association with them ended ...