Episode 1
Peaky Blinders
43m
Sean Bean will guide audiences through the labyrinthine alleyways of industrial Birmingham where the city's ruffians battled with the police and with each other.
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TV series
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
20251 season7.0 / 10
From Al Capone, to the real Peaky Blinders, from The Krays twins to the Queen of Harlem, each hour-long episode of Original Gangsters will see the legendary actor Sean Bean take a deep dive through a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious criminals in history to separate the fact from the fiction, as we find out what they mean to us today and just why they were the original gangsters.
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Where to watch in United States
Checked Sep 2, 2026
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean is available to stream on Sundance and SundanceNow Doc Club (Via Amazon Prime) in United States. Use the direct links below to open the provider.
Synopsis
From Al Capone, to the real Peaky Blinders, from The Krays twins to the Queen of Harlem, each hour-long episode of Original Gangsters will see the legendary actor Sean Bean take a deep dive through a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious criminals in history to separate the fact from the fiction, as we find out what they mean to us today and just why they were the original gangsters.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Al Capone
44m
With exclusive testimony from the Capone family, expert analysis examines the personal life and complicated legacy of the 20th Century's most famous criminal: Al Capone.
Where to watch Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
Episode 3
Stephanie St Clair
44m
Stephanie St. Clair, forcefully ruled Harlem's numbers rackets with an iron fist, facing off against all rivals and surviving assassination attempts.
Where to watch Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
Episode 4
Billy Hill & The Krays
44m
Sean Bean revisits Billy Hill and the Krays, tracing how the twins spent most of their life in jail, while London's original 'Gentleman Gangster' lived out his days as a free man.
Where to watch Original Gangsters with Sean BeanEpisode information updated Sep 2, 2026
More about Original Gangsters with Sean Bean
Cast
Sean BeanPresenterProduction details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 4
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Sky HistoryUnited Kingdom
Themes
historytrue crime
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