Gangs of London (TV series)

Gangs of London is a British action thriller crime television series created by Gareth Evans and Matt Flannery. Based on the 2006 video game, serving as the fourth installment in The Getaway franchise created by Brendan McNamara and Katie Ellwood, Gangs of London follows the struggles between rival gangs and other criminal organisations in present-day London.

Gangs of London
Genre
Created by
Based onGangs of London
by London Studio
Directed by
  • Gareth Evans
  • Corin Hardy
  • Xavier Gens
  • Marcela Said
  • Nima Nourizadeh
Starring
Composers
  • Aria Prayogi
  • Fajar Yuskemal
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes17 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
ProducerHugh Warren
Cinematography
  • Matt Flannery
  • Martijn van Broekhuizen
  • Laurent Barès
Running time53–93 minutes
Production companies
  • Pulse Films
  • Sister
  • One More One
  • FendoUK
  • Sky Studios
Original release
Network
  • Sky Atlantic (United Kingdom)
  • AMC+ (United States)
Release23 April 2020 (2020-04-23) 
present
Related
The Getaway franchise

The first series premiered on 23 April 2020 on Sky Atlantic. In June 2020, a second series was announced, with AMC to take over US broadcast rights and co-produce, and Corin Hardy to take over as showrunner. The second series premiered on 20 October 2022 in the UK and Germany and premiered on 17 November 2022 in the US. In November 2022, the series was renewed for a third season. In December 2022, a graphic novel titled A Gangs of London Story: Ghosts, set inbetween the first and second series, was released.

The series has received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its performances, narrative and action sequences, though some criticism was aimed at its excessive violence.

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