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Looking After Jo Jo

Looking After Jo Jo

Looking After Jo Jo

1998 1 Seasons 4 Episodes ⭐ 7.7 Drama

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

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

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Steal the Herd

Family loyalties are tested to the limit by his determination to set up a crime empire in opposition to his uncle, the l

EP 2

Working Week

The attraction of making big money dealing heroin proves too much for recently acquitted Jo Jo, who jumps on the bandwag

EP 3

Sink the Belgrano

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 acco

EP 4

When Love Goes Wrong

The walls of Jo Jo's world come tumbling down as he finally uncovers the truth about his father's death. Meanwhile, the

Popular Cast

Robert Carlyle

Robert Carlyle

John Joe 'Jo Jo' McCann

Aline Mowat

Aline Mowat

Christine

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd

Basil

Jenny McCrindle

Jenny McCrindle

Lorraine

Patricia Brake

Patricia Brake

Doro