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Looking After Jo Jo(TV show/series, 1998)

Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 4 episodes

Looking After Jo JoRating: 3.8/5 (with 3 votes)
Looking After Jo Jo is a 1998 BBC Scotland television drama starring Robert Carlyle. John Joe "Jo Jo" McCann is petty thief turned drug dealer in 1980's Edinburgh, surviving in a bleak housing estate and aspiring to the trappings of a successful criminal. Unfortunately for him, and for most of the other characters in the mini-series, it is a time of heroin addiction and AIDS. It is filmed and set in and around the North Sighthill housing estate, with several scenes also filmed in Niddrie. ()
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About Looking After Jo Jo

Jo Jo is an Edinburgh Goodfella with a sharp mind and a cavalier attitude to law. In the bleak, edgy climate of the 1980's 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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Looking After Jo Jo Seasons and Episodes

01/12/1998Mini-series - 4 episodes
#1 | 01/12/1998Steal the Herd
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Family loyalties are tested to the limit by his determination to set up a crime empire in opposition to his uncle, the local underworld kingpin who has a few ruthless ideas of his own.
#2 | 01/19/1998Working Week
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The attraction of making big money dealing heroin proves too much for recently acquitted Jo Jo, who jumps on the bandwagon at the first opportunity. But evil undercurrents of violence and addiction soon surface as he becomes consumed by Edinburgh's drug culture, prompting him to think carefully about his future.
#3 | 01/26/1998Sink the Belgrano
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
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 account, is that his dodgy dealings are about to destroy everything he loves.
#4 | 02/02/1998When Love Goes Wrong
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The walls of Jo Jo's world come tumbling down as he finally uncovers the truth about his father's death. Meanwhile, the community spirit of the estate collapses under the pressure of Sarah's imprisonment, Charlie McCann's murder and a rampant Aids epidemic.

Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Shot in: Edinburgh
Made by: BBC Scotland
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 01/12/1998
Last episode released on: 02/02/1998
Creator: Frank Deasy
Director: John Mackenzie
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Looking After Jojo"

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:11350, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/12/2024