The likes of Gene Hackman, Mickey Rourke and Jaws actor Richard Kiel were all said to be in attendance. Rich in colourful characters and chaotic, often violent events, the book charts robberies, dog-fights, rape, furious vendettas and the frequent brutalities of prison life.

Explaining the carnage that unfolded, he wrote: “They all came, motor-loads of them, tooled up and looking for revenge. Danny Wollard was born and brought up in London's East End, and is one of the most well-known and recognisable faces from the underworld. One of the East End's most notorious gangsters, Danny's life has been one filled action, danger and villainy. And according to Danny's book: “Lenny McLean and a few very large black men started to give this drunken youth a good kicking. Bernard O'Mahony (Standing) with (seated left - right) Bernie Khan, Danny Woolard, Billy Frost, Frank Fraser, Eddie Richardson, David Fraser, Lenny Hamilton and Nick Reynolds attend the launch party of British Gangster: Faces of the Underworld which will be on Yesterday channel and released on DVD through Revelation Films this November, at Maison Bertaux in central London.His lavish funeral was emblematic of the Cockney culture that is being displaced by mass immigration. McLean, who had ties to the criminal underworld, participated in more than 3,000 fights during his life. This book pulls no punches and is a brutally honest account of underworld life from someone who has experienced it first-hand. With unique access to ‘faces’ who have never spoken in front of cameras before, author and former member of the Essex Boys firm Bernard O’Mahoney takes us on a journey through crime culture that gained notoriety in the 60s and brings it right up to date with gripping and emotional tales of a modern day British gangland. The series was broadcast on Discovery's Quest channel in the UK in April 2014 (S1) and July 2015 (S2).

Liverpool - Featuring interviews with Stephen "The Devil" French, Kevin Mooney, Nicola Regan, Graham "Boris" Boszomenyi, Brian Charrington Jnr. In each episode, current and former gang members and active criminals are interviewed by presenter and former member of the Essex Boys gang, Bernard O'Mahoney. Wildcats" is the story of those untameable and unstoppable men, the hardened East End villains who are society's true 'wildcats', and whose exploits are the stuff of fiction rather than fact.

Another added:” I think you can safely remove Mickey Rourke from any band of hard men, he’s all Hollywood.

Billy ‘The Bomb’ Williams was a notorious heavyweight brawler, who was once trained by Muhammad Ali’s mentor Angelo Dundee. If they could have got hold of Billy Williams they would have killed him – quite deservedly, I thought, as he had taken a terrible liberty.

But, according to ex-East End mobster Danny Woollard, he met his match when West Ham's infamous Inter City Firm (ICF) stormed a fight night he was headlining.