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Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play. he Take: An exciting and uncompromising four-part adaptation of the best-selling crime thriller by Martina Cole, The Take stars Tom Hardy (RocknRolla) as Freddie Jackson, and Brian Cox (The Escapist) as Ozzy. Freddie is a free man after spending a considerable stretch at Her Majesty's Pleasure, and now he plans to take the underworld by storm. As events unfold, his wife Jackie (Kierston Wareing - Leaving) becomes increasingly unstable, not helped by the actions of her younger sister, Maggie (Charlotte Riley - Easy Virtue), who is in love with Freddie's cousin, Jimmy (Shaun Evans - Boy A). If you are a Jackson then you trust no one, because everyone in this criminal world is on The Take. The Runaway: From the makers of the hit series the The Take, the latest tale from best-selling crime writer Martina Cole follows the lives of two childhood sweethearts. Set in the seedy East London and sleazy London's Soho in the 1960's plus the mean streets of New york ion the 1970's, The Runaway has an outstanding cast including Keith Allen (Robin Hood), Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Ken Stott (Rebus) and a host of hot new talent. Cathy Connor and Eamonnn Docherty were brought up together in the heart of gangland East London. Separated by violent circumstances their lives take strikingly different directions until they meet together again as adults.

Double bill of TV dramas adapted from the novels of crime writer Martina Cole. 'The Take' (2009) stars Tom Hardy as Freddie Jackson, an armed robber who is released from prison in 1984 having served a four-year sentence for his crimes. His wife Jackie (Kierston Wareing), who has been waiting for him on the outside in the mistaken belief that that he wants to go straight, soon finds herself disappointed. Freddie is in fact raring to get back into the game and has set his sights on becoming top dog in the East End underworld. Meanwhile his younger cousin Jimmy (Shaun Evans) is hot on his heels, and dreams of riding Freddie's coat-tails to rise through the ranks of the crime empire. 'The Runaway' (2010) follows the story of Cathy Connor (Joanna Vanderham) and Eamonn Docherty (Jack O'Connell), who form a strong bond growing up together in the East End of London but are later pulled apart due to difficult circumstances. Cathy is determined not to end up like her prostitute mother, Madge (Kierston Wareing), but when she is abused whilst in care, she is forced to run away and ends up living on the streets, where she meets transvestite Desrae (Alan Cumming). During this time, Eamonn is becoming more and more involved in criminal activity. When this leads to murder, Eammon journeys to New York where he quickly becomes a notorious villain.