S5E1: Lords Of The Underworld | Secret History

Duration: 50'30''

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The first in the new series examines the extraordinary relationship that developed between Tory peer Lord Boothby and East End gangster Ronnie Kray and its consequences for the political establishment of the 1960s.

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