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8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?
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19 Dec, 2013
S1.E2A Copper's Tale
The police investigate the robbery in the full glare of public and media scrutiny.
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18 Dec, 2013
S1.E1A Robber's Tale
A group of criminals join forces with a corrupt solicitor to hijack a mail train.
Jim Broadbent
DCS Tommy Butler
Luke Evans
Bruce Reynolds
Jack Roth
Charlie Wilson
Robert Glenister
DI Frank Williams
Paul Anderson
Gordon Goody
Neil Maskell
Buster Edwards
Martin Compston
Roy James
Nicholas Murchie
Roger Corderey
Del Synnott
Brian Field
Jack Gordon
Ronnie Biggs
James Wilby
John Wheater
James Fox
Henry Brooke, Home Secretary
Nick Moran
DS Jack Slipper
Tim Pigott-Smith
DS Maurice Ray
Richard Hope
DCS Malcolm Fewtrell
John Salthouse
DCI Sid Bradbery
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