A powerful tale of love, loyalty and betrayal set in early 1980s Edinburgh.;The story centres on John Joseph McCann (Jo Jo,) a thief with attitude, and those nearest and dearest to him: Lorraine a would be Marilyn Monroe look-alike who falls in love with him, and Clare, his sharp young lawyer. Jo Jo 's love of crime started when he was a child, when he pilfered cash boxes for his father. He's been in and out of prison ever since. He lives in a housing estate with his mother and sister at a time when, virtually overnight, hard drugs followed by AIDS arrive in housing... estates across the UK. As drug dealing becomes rife in the city, Jo Jo is tempted into a new line of business. Set against a backdrop of events which defined the early 1980s Looking After Jo Jo is the compelling story of one man's struggle to survive.;Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty, Hamish Macbeth) leads the cast in this character-led BBC drama alongside Kevin McKidd, a fellow Trainspotting alum, and Jenny McCrindle. [show more]
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All four episodes of the drama series starring Robert Carlyle. The series follows the life of petty thief turned drug dealer Jo Jo McCann (Carlyle) who has his sights set on becoming a renowned criminal. The episodes are: 'Steal the Herd', 'Working Week', 'Sink the Belgrano' and 'When Loves Goes Wrong'.
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