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Television · 2004
The Long Firm
In 1960s London, gangster Harry Starks runs a criminal syndicate while mingling with politicians, entertainers, and aristocrats. Four episodes follow people in his circle—a corrupt peer, an actress, a drug dealer, and a prison lecturer—as his operations fall apart.
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Harry (Mark Strong) has a profile so sharp you could cut a throat with it and Thursby (Derek Jacobi) is drawn to him like fluff to a Hoover. He is sucked into the darkness. They are both gay and much of the story is set in shadow. It is as if Harry would disappear in daylight. It was a darkly comic episode with Jacobi outstanding as a teddy bear in search of a little pot of honey. If you must choose, watch The Long Firm
Nancy Banks-Smith on The Guardian I loved everything about The Long Firm, from Mark Strong's sexy, sleazy, sadistic Harry Starks, a Kray by any other name, to Derek Jacobi's charmingly vulnerable Lord Teddy Thursby, a ringer for Lord Boothby. You couldn't fault Joe Penhall's screenplay either: spare when it needed to be, talky just for the sheer joy of it and enriched by Jacobi's voiceover
Kathryn Flett on The Observer Harry and Lord Teddy are played by Mark Strong and Derek Jacobi, actors of different generations who combine watchability with a willingness to play unpleasant characters. Both actors give terrific sketches of men who have worn a mask for so long - disguising sexuality and background - that it is beginning to burn their skin.
Mark Lawson on The Guardian
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