Gangster

Viv Graham: 6. Legacy


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It’s New Year’s Day 1994 and Tyneside is waking up to the news of Viv Graham’s brutal murder. There is tension in the air and nobody knows what is going to happen next. What follows is a spiral of repercussions and tragedies which have spanned the decades and are still being felt to this day.

In the final episode, presenter Livvy Haydock meets pathologist Dr John McCarthy, who walked the scene of Viv Graham’s murder hours after his death, before carrying out his autopsy. It was the start of one of the most high profile murder investigations in Northumbria Police’s history. The killing happened just off a bustling street on one of the busiest nights of the year. Hopes were high that someone must have seen what had happened. More than 1,000 people were interviewed, hundreds of homes were searched and there were countless arrests but they couldn’t make a breakthrough.

Meanwhile, Tyneside’s criminal underworld was manoeuvring to capitalise on the opportunities which had opened up to them. Racketeers began trying to move in on some of Viv Graham’s former pubs while his lucrative clubs were unguarded and up for grabs too. For Viv Graham’s family, his murder had catastrophic consequences and sparked a spiral of tragedy, which is still being felt to this day.

Presenter – Livvy Haydock

Series Producer – Ben Robinson
Technical Producer – Richard Hannaford
Producer – Patrick Kiteley
Archive Researcher – Jackie Mccoy
Journalism Assistant – Tim Fernley
With assistance from Jamie Boyle
Commissioning Executive – Louise Kattenhorn
Assistant Commissioner – Lorraine Okuefuna & Sarah Green
Editor and Executive Producer – Clare Fordham

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