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The Take

Genres: Drama, Miniseries

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Season 1

The Take is a British television drama mini-series adapted from the Martina Cole novel by screenwriter Neil Biswas and produced by Company Pictures which is a family drama set in the criminal underworld and dealing with themes of love, power, violence and betrayal.

The series aired in the UK on Sky One from 17 June to 8 July, 2009. There are four hour-long episodes in the series.

The Take premiered in South Africa on M-Net on Thursday 19 November 2009, at 21h30. New episodes air weekly.

Synopsis

Set in the East End of London, The Take is a family drama set in the criminal underworld spanning 10 years, from the height of Thatcherism to the birth of New Labour.

Freddie Jackson is just out of prison. He's done his time, made the right connections and now he's ready to use them.

His wife Jackie dreams of having her husband home but she's forgotten the rows and the girls Freddie can't leave alone.

His younger cousin, Jimmy, dreams of making a name for himself on Freddie's coattails.

At first Freddie gets everything he ever wanted and Jimmy is taken along for the ride: a growing crime empire that gives them all the respect and money they've hungered for.

But behind it all sits Ozzy - the legendary criminal godfather who manipulates Freddie and Jimmy's fates from behind the bars of his prison cell.

Bitter, resentful and increasingly unstable, Jackie sees her life crumble while her little sister Maggie's star rises. In love with Freddie's cousin Jimmy, Maggie is determined not to end up like her sister.

Freddie and Jackie watch Jimmy and Maggie achieve all the dreams that they themselves failed to realise: love, family, stability and respect.

Jealous resentment and an inability to control himself force Freddie to put both the business and family at risk. Torn between being loyal to a cousin he loves and being true to his own destiny, Jimmy is forced to decide between protecting Freddie or the life he has built with Maggie.

This is a human drama about love, power, violence and betrayal.


Season 1 Cast

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Freddie Jackson

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Jackie Jackson

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Jimmy Jackson

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Kitty Mason

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Maggie Summers

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Ozzy

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Des

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Joseph Summers

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Siddy Clancy


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