The duo's twisty, twisted scheme is seen mainly
through the eyes of Gardner's young son, Nicky (Noah Jupe), who is, like the audience, initially in the dark about his dad and aunt's
skullduggery.
One of its stories linked him,
through his solicitor Eric Levine, to the criminally convicted former leader of Newcastle City Council, T Dan Smith, and another to some alleged
skullduggery involving the well known City finance house of the day, Slater Walker.