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The Paradise Club: Season 1

10 episodes Premiered Sep 19, 1989 Updated Oct 6, 2026
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Season 1 Episodes

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Season 1: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S1·E1 Mytharc

Unfrocked in Babylon

Sep 19, 1989 · 60 min

When their criminal mother dies, a streetwise priest and a reluctant villain, estranged brothers, are reunited again and wonder who will get the Paradise Club.

S1·E2 Core

Family Favours

Sep 26, 1989 · 60 min

As Frank settles in at the Paradise Club, Danny's would-be assassins are on trial for attempted murder, and the outrageous Great Crane Robbery seals the fate of Glasgow gangster El

S1·E3 Core

Sudden Death Tango

Oct 3, 1989 · 60 min

A police plan to foil a major gem heist goes tragically wrong and Danny convinces a young would-be armed robber that a life of crime leads to misery.

S1·E4 Core

Crack in the Mirror

Oct 10, 1989 · 60 min

Frank tries to trace a missing teenager and Danny takes explosive action to prevent a ruthless drugs baron from pushing crack and heroin.

S1·E5 Core

Bring on the Cavalry

Oct 17, 1989 · 60 min

Danny is arrested, but confounds his lawyer by refusing to provide an alibi for a crime he did not commit, leaving Frank to take on vicious drug dealer Colonel Mombassa.

S1·E6 Core

Up Jumped a Swagperson

Oct 24, 1989 · 60 min

Ma Kane's ghost appears to haunt the Kane brothers, while the hunt for cop-killer Peter Noonan intensifies.

S1·E7 Core

Short Story

Oct 31, 1989 · 60 min

Danny suspects that his wife and his minder are having an affair.

S1·E8 Core

Revolving Funds

Nov 7, 1989 · 60 min

Frank gets involved with a crooked gambler and Danny launders dirty money.

S1·E9 Mytharc

Sins of the Fathers (1)

Nov 14, 1989 · 60 min

Special Branch want to keep Danny on the wrong side of the law and the right side of a sinister organisation.

S1·E10 Mytharc

Sins of the Fathers (2)

Nov 21, 1989 · 60 min

Sarah Turnbull blackmails Danny into staging a daring robbery, intending to double cross him at the last minute. Only Frank can save him, but can he do it in time?

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