
Jo Jo is an Edinburgh Goodfella with a sharp mind and a cavalier attitude to law. In the bleak, edgy climate of the 1980s, Jo Jo is seen by many on the estate as a hero – out-manoeuvring the police while supporting his close-knit family. What is it that draws the charming and confident Jo Jo to Lorraine, a vulnerable woman obsessed by Marilyn Monroe? What figure from his past is fuelling his fantasies and driving him towards darker crimes and the quicksand of heroin? Can Jo Jo look after himself when he doesn't know who he is?
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Air Date: 1998-01-12
Family loyalties are tested to the limit by his determination to set up a crime empire in opposition to his uncle, th...
Air Date: 1998-01-19
The attraction of making big money dealing heroin proves too much for recently acquitted Jo Jo, who jumps on the band...
Air Date: 1998-01-26
Money begins to roll in at long last as Jo Jo's heroin business takes off in earnest. But what he doesn't take into a...
Air Date: 1998-02-02
The walls of Jo Jo's world come tumbling down as he finally uncovers the truth about his father's death. Meanwhile, t...