The Sins

Miniseries

2000 · 7 episodes · 6h 9m in all

Len Green is a former bank robber and getaway driver who has retired from the criminal life and joined the undertakers run by his uncle. However, his resolve to stay out of the criminal world is tested by temptations based on the seven deadly sins.

Episodes

1. 

   1. Pride

   24 Oct 2000 · 49 min

   Len Green, a getaway driver recently released from prison decides to retire and ends up insulting all of his mates while delivering an impassioned speech about his newfound realisation that he's better than them. Meanwhile, Mickey decides he wants him back in his gang and sends out his whipping boy Carl to seduce Len back to the life of crime.

2. 

   2. Covetousness

   31 Oct 2000 · 50 min

   Len starts working for his uncle's funeral home only to find his former partners in crime are the pallbearers. On the first day on the job, however, the hearse breaks down and he finds their know-who useful in acquiring a new one in time. He also must deal with a family crisis when his pregnant daughter Faith breaks up with her footballer boyfriend.

3. 

   3. Lust

   7 Nov 2000 · 53 min

   While suffering a bout of erectile dysfunction, Len travels to Oxford with Carl to check on his increasingly promiscuous daughter Chastity. Meanwhile, Oy breaks up with his "girlfriend" who turns out to be the wife of a local hard-man.

4. 

   4. Envy

   14 Nov 2000 · 55 min

   After Carl's estranged father is injured in a fall, Len puts in all his time and effort into reconciling the two. Charity, envious of the attention Carl is receiving, starts to act out.

5. 

   5. Greed

   21 Nov 2000 · 54 min

   After Gloria shoplifts a bracelet, the boys have to break into the jeweller's and put it back. Meanwhile, Len tries to modernise uncle Irwin's traditional funeral parlour much to everyone's chagrin and disastrous consequences.

6. 

   6. Anger

   28 Nov 2000 · 53 min

   After Gloria tells Len she had had an affair with Mickey, Len goes on a vengeful rampage. Meanwhile, Faith deals with her own husband's serial infidelities and alcoholism in her own, saintly manner.

7. 

   7. Sloth

   5 Dec 2000 · 55 min

   After his friend, Gilbert, recently released from prison, commits suicide, Len goes off on a soul searching mission. Meanwhile, Carl decides to go straight but a lack of cash tempts him into doing one last job.