Set in 1974, the film stars Stephen Tompkinson as DS Barry Harrigan, a no-nonsense copper driven by the sudden death of his wife and daughter at the hands of a vicious local thug.

[2] After returning from secondment to Hong Kong, DS Barry Harrigan (Stephen Tompkinson) finds that an old adversary, Dunstan (Craig Conway), a local gang leader who was responsible for the death of his wife and daughter in an arson attack, is targeting a young mother, Vickey Frizell (Amy Manson) and her two children.

After managing to help Vickey out of trouble, Harrigan makes it his personal mission to clean up Newcastle's most notorious estate, the Monkshire, by reopening the former police section house in a bid to rid the city of Dunstan and his associates once and for all.

Harrigan was filmed on location in Gateshead, Newcastle and Hartlepool during January and February 2012, and was originally intended to be the pilot for a potentially ongoing television series.

[4] Harrigan holds a 14% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, on the basis of seven reviews with an average score of 4/10.