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Len and the River Mob catch and overpower the gang, arresting them and recovering the stolen engine. Len and the River Mob Len and the River Mob was a ten-part "Look and Read" serial produced by the BBC in 1968, it was written by Roy Brown. Len Tanner has moved to London with his friend Pat and her mother, Mrs Green; he gets a job at the docks working for Mr Moon, which involves lifting boxes, crates and sacks from the tugs on the river and moving them into Moon's shed. He decides that he wants to buy Pat a doll with his pay, so