Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men.

It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out.

Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham.

But his life of violence led to his downfall.

Why did it happen?

Why did they do that?

How did Viv Graham build an empire?

It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really?

Gangster, the story of Vib Graham.

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Alongside me in the studio, Felix White. Hello?

Mashing Dorker.

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And Jimmy, well, he's not alongside me.

He's opposite me on a large flat screen television.

It's Jimmy Anderson.

Hello. Can I just tell you what you weren't actually in the room present Greg when he did this

but just as we were logging on Jimmy was playing darts there's a dart board just out off his shoulders to the right off screen there

and he was just throwing darts nonchalantly while we're getting set up and he threw free

and he said, look what I've just done and he pointed it towards a dartboard 180.

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