Gangster

Catching the Kingpins: 3. In Suburbia

In the wealthy village of Denham in Buckinghamshire, Lee Hannigan and Harry Hicks-Samuels play the part of successful businessmen really well. Hannigan has a car garage, a mansion with a Ferrari on the drive and a place in Dubai. Hicks-Samuels is only 27 but has a watch business and flat in a luxury development. But the secrets of where their money really comes from are on their EncroChat phones. Presenter: Mobeen Azhar 
Series Producer: Andrew Hosken 
Editor and Executive Producer: Innes Bowen 
 
Catching the Kingpins is a BBC Studios Production for BBC Sounds.

A new series of Gangster tells the story of Viv Graham, a man who ran a protection empire which spanned Newcastle and beyond.Viv Graham, a 17-stone man mountain, a man feared and revered in equal measure, came to dominate Tyneside's nightlife through brutal and uncompromising violence.His murder, in an organised hit on New Year's Eve 1993, sparked recriminations and repercussions which echo to this day. It remains one of the country's most notorious unsolved murders.