For full TV listings for the week, see thetimes.co.uk/tvplannerViewing guide, by Joe ClaySponsoredThe Secrets of the KraysBritboxThe first original factual commission from Britbox — the streaming service set up in a partnership between the BBC and ITV — is a three-part series about Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Made by ITN Productions, it is the definitive account of the rise of the Kray twins, from their impoverished beginnings in east London to becoming Britain’s most notorious gangsters. It opens with a quote from the broadcaster Fred Dinenage, who ghost-wrote Ronnie’s autobiography: “Ronnie said to me, ‘In the mid-Sixties the Rolling Stones and the Beatles ruled the pop world, Carnaby Street ruled the fashion world, and me and Reg ruled London .

Source: The Times May 12, 2021 22:52 UTC