PBS: Starts Friday 5 April at 9.50pm

Mafia’s Greatest Hits

Offering exceptional access to the FBI’s secret files, this docuseries uncovers the truth behind some of the Mafia’s most notorious killers, revealing how the FBI and the law took on organised crime and brought it down.

This gripping series includes stories of those including Joe Valachi whose fear of the mob saw him giving up details of the Mafia, thus con- firming its existence, and the undercover agent who lived as jewel thief Donnie Brasco, later immortalised in film by Johnny Depp.

Featuring dramatic reconstruction, archive footage, exclusive testimony and interviews with key witnesses including FBI special agents, federal and state prosecutors, anti-narcotics agents, and ordinary cops, this is the ultimate series on the fight against the Mafia, told by those who tried to stop them.