Series synopsis
Original Gangsters with Sean Bean is a British documentary television series that premiered on Sky History on November 4, 2025. It stars Sean Bean.
From Al Capone, to the real Peaky Blinders, from The Krays twins to the Queen of Harlem, each hour-long episode of Original Gangsters will see the legendary actor Sean Bean take a deep dive through a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious criminals in history to separate the fact from the fiction, as we find out what they mean to us today and just why they were the original gangsters.
Premise
From Al Capone, to the real Peaky Blinders, from The Krays twins to the Queen of Harlem, each hour-long episode of Original Gangsters will see the legendary actor Sean Bean take a deep dive through a rogues gallery of some of the most notorious criminals in history to separate the fact from the fiction, as we find out what they mean to us today and just why they were the original gangsters.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Sean Bean as Presenter
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 4 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 4 | November 4, 2025 | November 25, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Peaky Blinders Sean Bean will guide audiences through the labyrinthine alleyways of industrial Birmingham where the city's ruffians battled with the police and with each other. |
November 4, 2025 |
| 2 |
Al Capone With exclusive testimony from the Capone family, expert analysis examines the personal life and complicated legacy of the 20th Century's most famous criminal: Al Capone. |
November 11, 2025 |
| 3 |
Stephanie St Clair Stephanie St. Clair, forcefully ruled Harlem's numbers rackets with an iron fist, facing off against all rivals and surviving assassination attempts. |
November 18, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Sky History |
|---|---|
| First aired | November 4, 2025 |
| Last aired | November 25, 2025 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Tuesday at 21:00:00 |