Big Breadwinner Hog(1969)

Big Breadwinner Hog is a British television thriller that premiered on ITV in April 1969. The eight-part serial follows Hogarth, an ambitious young London gangster who claws his way to the top of the criminal underworld. He manipulates the aging crime boss Ryan and targets the Scot-Yanks syndicate, controlled by the ruthless Lennox. Hogarth's path to power hinges on a dark secret: knowledge of a murder orchestrated by Lennox, with a crucial witness in Ackerman, a former private detective now trapped and resentful under Lennox's blackmail. As Hogarth exploits this leverage, the tension between ambition, betrayal, and survival drives the narrative forward in this gritty portrait of organized crime.