Frederick was perhaps the greatest military genius of the 18th century, and it is this aspect of his career that Sir David Fraser emphasises (appropriately, given that Sir David is a retired British army general and the biographer of Erwin Rommel).

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David Fraser, a former senior probation officer and author of Land Fit For Criminals, says there is a "very big youth crime problem in this country" and that government "is in denial about it", with about 300, 000 crimes committed by children under 16 every year.

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This works especially as this introduction of Gus (David Harewood) is followed by another main character Linvall (Fraser James) appearing to be the boss of a hairdressing salon but being immediately revealed to be an employee of a tacky photographic studio instead.

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