

With assistance by the British government, they move to Cape Town, South Africa, to live new lives and identities to avoid CIA detection, though they are no longer allowed to contact each other or their families. After another attempt on their lives, they are informed that the drug operation was organised by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who are using the operation to fund black operations, and as a result of the four's interference a kill contract is out against them. Mackenzie tricks them into boarding a ferry for Morocco, where they are arrested and sent to a black site prison in the desert. When they are €100 short from a speeding fine, Mackenzie makes the four produce fake ecstasy for a nightclub, at which point he allows them to return home with five million euros that were paid to them by the nightclub, though Carmen is left behind. The four are forced to return the money in exchange for their lives. Quinn is kidnapped by Mackenzie ( David Warner), an elderly British expatriate who is revealed to be the leader of the drug operation. They soon realise they are still being hunted when their rental car explodes. The four are being aided by local Ibizan Carmen ( Leticia Dolera), who begins a relationship with Baxter. They leave with the money and accidentally board a ferry to Ibiza (their intention is to go to Barcelona). The other three run over Dominic to save Quinn. María later attempts to kill the four when employing scare tactics to make them part with the cash fails to work, but is shot to death by Quinn. Alvo is revealed to be a part of the operation, and was murdered when he no longer wanted to take part in it. Using video camera footage of their holiday, Baxter learns the real perpetrators are corrupt police officers, including María and her superior Dominic ( Tim Woodward). Afterwards, the four learn from María (María Botto), a local detective, that they are caught up in a Serbian mafia drug smuggling operation. The four clean the boat to remove evidence of their presence, when they are mistaken for drug dealers and paid three million euros. Over time Alvo's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, and he is later killed by a man in a Tony Blair mask for taking a drug boat the group used earlier. Main article: List of Mad Dogs episodes Plot įour middle-aged friends who have known each other since sixth form, Baxter ( John Simm), Quinn ( Philip Glenister), Rick ( Marc Warren) and Woody ( Max Beesley), get together for a holiday in Majorca at the villa of Alvo ( Ben Chaplin), a mutual friend who became wealthy in the property business. They noted similarities with British gangster films, more predominantly the 2000 film Sexy Beast. Mad Dogs opened with 1.61 million viewers, the 17th highest rated programme ever for Sky1, and attracted positive reactions from critics. Photographer David LaChapelle directed three 30-second advertisements for the series. The main themes are friendship and growing older Glenister said it is about ageing and "getting closer to death". Filming took place on location throughout the island of Majorca in May 2010, and took around four million euros and 44 days to make.
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After Alvo is murdered, the group find themselves caught up in the world of crime and police corruption.Īfter gaining interest from some terrestrial networks, the series was commissioned by British Sky Broadcasting.


The series stars John Simm, Marc Warren, Max Beesley, and Philip Glenister as four long-time and middle-aged friends getting together in a villa in Majorca to celebrate the early retirement of their friend Alvo ( Ben Chaplin). It is produced by Left Bank Pictures, and co-produced by Palma Pictures. Mad Dogs is a British psychological thriller television series, written and created by Cris Cole, that began airing on Sky1 on 10 February 2011, and ended on 29 December 2013 after four series and 14 episodes.
