The Take (Season 1)

The Take (2009) is a British crime drama you can watch online on iFILM, adapted from Martina Cole's bestselling novel about what it costs to climb to the top of East End's criminal world.

Freddie Jackson walks out of prison after four years for armed robbery. His wife Jackie believes things will change. They won't. Tom Hardy plays Freddie with a single goal: take control of the East End underworld. His cousin Jimmy — Shaun Evans — shares the ambition but not the methods. Charlotte Riley and Brian Cox round out the cast; David Drury directs.

Martina Cole built her name writing about women who love violent men and what that love actually costs them. The series is rough without being glamorous about it. Stream The Take (2009) online on iFILM.