Gangsters, Guns & Me - Now I'm in Eastenders, but once I was on the run. This is my true story

Jamie Foreman is one of BritainOCOs most iconic actors. He is also the son of BritainOCOs most notorious gangster, Freddie Foreman. JamieOCOs life has been anything but ordinary. Right from the start, his world was one of contrast and contradiction: he grew up surrounded by LondonOCOs criminal elite, living by their code of honour and respect, yet he himself was brought up to be a ?straight goerOCO. The backdrop of his home life was to differ greatly from his time at school as, at seven years old, Jamie found himself in the unlikely surroundings of a boarding school. The happiness of his family and school life was snatched from Jamie when his father was sentenced to ten years in prison for his involvement in the killing of Jack ?The HatOCO McVitie. The subsequent years saw Jamie without the father he adored and the whole family was put under enormous strain. At 14, Jamie decided that his passion was for acting and, having been encouraged by Barbara Windsor, he discovered yet another new environment at the Italia Conti Stage School. Jamie thrived in the acting world and was soon enjoying success on both stage and screen. By the time of his dadOCOs release from prison, Jamie had carved a ?straightOCO career for himself ? but after years apart, there was plenty of lost time to make up for. Soon, he was dividing his time between acting and assisting with FreddieOCOs ?business.OCO Before long, though, life took a surprising turn when a drug deal his father was heavily involved in went tragically wrong and he was forced to go on the run to America with his dad, which marked the start of a whole new adventure ? A truly fascinating story of a unique life. From being babysat by the Kray Twins to his life-changing meeting with Lawrence Olivier. JamieOCOs is a compelling tale of a boy becoming a man, of a father lost and found (and nearly lost again), and of the adventure, violence and tenderness that forged an unbreakable father-son relationship."