18 x 60 min (2 seasons)

Inspired by John Ibrahim’s best-selling autobiography charting his rise from a poverty-stricken immigrant with no education, no money, and no prospects to Australia’s most infamous nightclub mogul, Last King of The Cross is an operatic story of two brothers who organize the street but lose each other in their ascent to power.

Arriving in Australia in the late 1980s, Lebanese-born teenagers John and his older brother Sam quickly find themselves drawn to the glittering lights of Sydney’s Kings Cross—a mini-Atlantic City, barely half a mile long and with every form of criminality on offer. The two brothers enter its underworld and quickly make a name for themselves, and for the first time in 30 years the kingdom is up for grabs.

John then sets his sights on capturing a new kingdom—the glittering prize of Oxford Street. And with it come all the new challenges and enemies. John is thrown into a struggle for power with the reigning ruler of Oxford Street, who is determined to either keep John out or take him down. Set against the backdrop of the ecstasy-fueled 2000s, the stakes are higher than ever before, and everyone wants a piece – including John’s two younger brothers.