New Fact-based Drama Series Gangland Undercover To Premiere On HISTORY
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HISTORY has announced plans to air the new fact-based drama series �Gangland Undercover,� which takes viewers inside a covert operation and chronicles infiltrator Charles Falco�s (Canadian Damon Runyan) mission inside one of America�s most notoriously violent outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Offering a rare look inside this historically infamous organized crime gang through the eyes of an undercover investigator, the series is based on Falco�s 2013 memoir, �Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America�s Deadliest Biker Gangs.�
Joining Damon Runyan in the cast are fellow Canadians Paulino Nunes (�The Firm,� �Haven�), James Cade (�Copper,� �Rookie Blue�), Don Francks (�La Femme Nikita,� �Hemlock Grove�), Melanie Scrofano (�Warehouse 13,� �Edwin Boyd�), Ari Cohen (�Small Town Murder Songs,� �Maps to the Stars�), and Patricia McKenzie (�Cosmopolis,� �Mirador�).
��Gangland Undercover� is a thrilling, crime drama that is a welcome addition to our exceptional lineup of original programming on HISTORY,� said Christine Shipton, Senior Vice President of Content at Shaw Media, in an official press release. �Brought to life by our stellar cast, this new Canadian series from Cineflix Productions cements the network�s reputation as Canada�s #1 entertainment specialty channel1.�
The series follows Falco�s three-year mission living a double-life as an ATF informant planted inside one of the most historically dangerous motorcycle gangs, the California-based Vagos � a criminal group involved in drug trafficking, arms smuggling, money laundering and murder. Falco initially took on the assignment out of self-preservation to avoid 20 years in prison on drug charges, but his outlook soon shifted, becoming a quest to achieve justice. Operation 22 Green, as it was known, ended in March 2006 with the arrests of 25 gang members.
Drawing on the wealth of material from Falco�s book, along with broader documented historical research of inter-gang rivalries, the series captures the reality of outlaw biker counter-culture: a world in which freedom is equated with the right to carry guns and trade drugs with impunity, a world in which respect can be earned through fear.
The six-episode series �Gangland Undercover� premieres on HISTORY Monday March 2nd at 10pm.
http://www.craveonline.ca/tv/articles/809223-new-fact-based-drama-series-gangland-undercover-premiere-history
HISTORY has announced plans to air the new fact-based drama series �Gangland Undercover,� which takes viewers inside a covert operation and chronicles infiltrator Charles Falco�s (Canadian Damon Runyan) mission inside one of America�s most notoriously violent outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Offering a rare look inside this historically infamous organized crime gang through the eyes of an undercover investigator, the series is based on Falco�s 2013 memoir, �Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America�s Deadliest Biker Gangs.�
Joining Damon Runyan in the cast are fellow Canadians Paulino Nunes (�The Firm,� �Haven�), James Cade (�Copper,� �Rookie Blue�), Don Francks (�La Femme Nikita,� �Hemlock Grove�), Melanie Scrofano (�Warehouse 13,� �Edwin Boyd�), Ari Cohen (�Small Town Murder Songs,� �Maps to the Stars�), and Patricia McKenzie (�Cosmopolis,� �Mirador�).
��Gangland Undercover� is a thrilling, crime drama that is a welcome addition to our exceptional lineup of original programming on HISTORY,� said Christine Shipton, Senior Vice President of Content at Shaw Media, in an official press release. �Brought to life by our stellar cast, this new Canadian series from Cineflix Productions cements the network�s reputation as Canada�s #1 entertainment specialty channel1.�
The series follows Falco�s three-year mission living a double-life as an ATF informant planted inside one of the most historically dangerous motorcycle gangs, the California-based Vagos � a criminal group involved in drug trafficking, arms smuggling, money laundering and murder. Falco initially took on the assignment out of self-preservation to avoid 20 years in prison on drug charges, but his outlook soon shifted, becoming a quest to achieve justice. Operation 22 Green, as it was known, ended in March 2006 with the arrests of 25 gang members.
Drawing on the wealth of material from Falco�s book, along with broader documented historical research of inter-gang rivalries, the series captures the reality of outlaw biker counter-culture: a world in which freedom is equated with the right to carry guns and trade drugs with impunity, a world in which respect can be earned through fear.
The six-episode series �Gangland Undercover� premieres on HISTORY Monday March 2nd at 10pm.
http://www.craveonline.ca/tv/articles/809223-new-fact-based-drama-series-gangland-undercover-premiere-history
New Fact-based Drama Series Gangland Undercover To Premiere On HISTORY
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