7.2 /10 1 Votes
80% Metacritic Directed by David Drury Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 15 June 2009 Network Sky 1 | 7.9/10 IMDb 6/10 TV Opening theme Kasabian – "Club Foot" Producer(s) Willow Grylls Theme song Club Foot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Tom Hardy
Brian Cox
Shaun Evans
Kierston Wareing
Charlotte Riley
Hayley Angel Holt Running time 60 minutes
(Full running time) 180 minutes Cast Tom Hardy, Charlotte Riley, Shaun Evans, Kierston Wareing, Brian Cox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Take is a four episode British drama TV series on Sky 1 based upon the Martina Cole novel. Shooting for the show took place in Dublin. The show premiered on 17 June 2009 and stars Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Hayley Angel Holt, Shaun Evans, Kierston Wareing, and Charlotte Riley.
Contents
The show received critical acclaim, mainly for Hardy's portrayal of criminal sociopath Freddie Jackson.
Plot
Freddie Jackson (Tom Hardy) is just out of prison. He's done his time, made the right connections and now he's ready to use them. His wife Jackie (Kierston Wareing) dreams of having her husband home but she's forgotten the rows and the girls Freddie can't leave alone. His younger cousin, Jimmy (Shaun Evans), dreams of making a name for himself on Freddie's coattails.
At first Freddie gets everything he ever wanted and Jimmy is taken along for the ride: a growing crime empire that gives them all the respect and money they've hungered for. But behind it all sits Ozzy (Brian Cox) - the legendary criminal godfather who manipulates Freddie and Jimmy's fates from behind the bars of his prison cell.
Bitter, resentful and increasingly unstable, Jackie sees her life crumble while her little sister Maggie's (Charlotte Riley) star rises. In love with Freddie's cousin Jimmy, Maggie is determined not to end up like her sister.
Freddie and Jackie watch Jimmy and Maggie achieve all the dreams that they themselves failed to realise: love, family, stability and respect.
Jealous resentment and an inability to control himself force Freddie to put both the business and family at risk. Torn between being loyal to a cousin he loves and being true to his own destiny, Jimmy is forced to decide between protecting Freddie or the life he has built with Maggie.
Cast
Episodes
The four episodes aired in the United States on December 2, 9, 16 and 23 on Encore. The first episode had 180,000 viewers, and the second episode had 152,000.
DVD release
The Take was released by BFS Entertainment in a two-disc DVD set on 28 August 2012 that includes cast and crew interviews.