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Looking for Clancy

  • 1975
  • Ended
  • Drama
  • ~50m / ep
  • 1 season

Frank Clancy goes from penniless working-class idealist in the 1930s to superstar journalist and editor in the London of the swinging '60s — but at what cost to his integrity?

Latest: Season 1 · 1975

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  1. E1. Part 1

    May 24, 1975 · 50m

    Born in London's East End ten years before the General Strike, Frank Clancy and Dick Holt are boyhood friends. As they grow up they are both determined to make their way to the top in Fleet Street.

  2. E2. Part 2

    May 31, 1975 · 50m

    In the 1930s, Clancy, in dire need of money, is given a job by a right-wing politician — who has a secret agenda.

  3. E3. Part 3

    Jun 7, 1975 · 50m

  4. E4. Part 4

    Jun 14, 1975 · 50m

  5. E5. Part 5

    Jun 21, 1975 · 50m

    Holt has discovered evidence of an atrocity committed by American troops in Vietnam — can he persuade Clancy to publish the story when no one else will?