The Curse
- TV comedy drama
- Channel 4
- 2022 - 2023
- 12 episodes (2 series)
Comedy drama about a criminal gang. Stars Allan Mustafa, Steve Stamp, Tom Davis, Hugo Chegwin, Emer Kenny and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Would You?
Further details
It's the East End of London, early 1980s, and times are hard. Ordinary people are turning to crime as a way out of poverty, a way to join in Thatcher's false promise of prosperity for everyone.
Albert Fantoni and his wife Natasha run a greasy spoon cafe and are down on their luck - looking for their own way out. Their lives change when one evening Albert and his old mates Phil Pocket, a wannabe gangster, and washed up ex boxer Mick Neville meet up with Natasha's brother Sidney at their local pub.
Sidney explains that he has a new job at a warehouse which handles cash shipments in transit. Security is almost non existent and he could easily let the boys in and they could help themselves to as much as £50,000...
But what they find there is something quite different - boxes and boxes of gold bullion worth over £30 million. They take it and make their escape. But what they don't know is that this gold will curse them for the rest of their lives.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 6th February 2022
- Time
- 10pm
- Channel
- Channel 4
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Allan Mustafa | Albert Fantoni |
Steve Stamp | Sidney Wilson |
Tom Davis | Big Mick Neville |
Hugo Chegwin | Phil 'The Captain' Pocket |
Emer Kenny | Natasha |
Peter Ferdinando | Crazy Clive Cornell |
Abraham Popoola | Joey |
Camille Coduri | Narrator |
Tom Davis | Writer |
James De Frond | Writer |
Jeremy Dyson | Script Editor |
Steve Stamp | Writer (Additional Material) |
Allan Mustafa | Writer (Additional Material) |
Hugo Chegwin | Writer (Additional Material) |
James De Frond | Director |
Richard Webb | Producer |
James De Frond | Executive Producer |
Tom Davis | Executive Producer |
Allan Mustafa | Executive Producer |
Steve Stamp | Executive Producer |
Hugo Chegwin | Executive Producer |
Rhun Francis | Line Producer |
Andy Harvey | Co-producer |
Nigel Williams | Editor |
Anna Sheldrake | Production Designer |
Kharmel Cochrane | Casting Director |
Lynsey Moore | Costume Designer |
Roy Estabrook | Director of Photography |
Jody Williams | Make-up Designer |
Marli Wren | Composer |
Chris Aldom | Graphics |
Anthony Noone | 1st Assistant Director |