Heavy Weekend with Jake Hanrahan
Season 1
20263 episodes
Embedded dispatches from your local underground. An Away Days series produced in collaboration with VICE.
Episode 1
English Ultraviolence
Sep 20, 202615m
Underground “no rules” fight clubs are spreading fast across Europe, organised in secret and hidden from the authorities. No tickets, no spectators, no public locations. This isn’t bare-knuckle boxing. Eye-gouging, biting, stamping, head-butts and choking are all allowed. It’s not sport—it’s organised ultraviolence. We attended one of the UK’s first no-rules fight clubs to find out why young men are risking it all on the concrete.
Episode 2
Forza on the Run
Oct 20, 202614m
The French police have put the illegal drift racers of Paris on final notice, so they're taking off on the run across the border to Belgium. Hanrahan rides along with the crew as they dodge police and takeover Brussels.
Episode 3
Phantom 814
Oct 25, 202615m
Unique access to the most mysterious movement in France. Hanrahan travels with the bizarre syndicate known as "814SSR". They shoot guns, host fight cluns, and make money in the underground, yet they insist they're not a gang...