The Great Train Robbery (2013)
The Great Train Robbery is a two-part British television miniseries, written by Chris Chibnall, that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 and 19 December 2013. The series is distributed worldwide by Kew Media. It tells the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963, first from the perspective of the robbers, and then from the perspective of the police. Episode one, A Robber’s Tale details the organisation of and successful completion of the robbery. Episode two, A Copper’s Tale follows the police investigation into the crime and subsequent arrest of many of the perpetrators. Coincidentally, the first part, A Robber’s Tale, was shown on the same day that train robber Ronnie Biggs died.
A Robber’s Tale is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. It begins in November 1962 at London Heathrow Airport where an earlier robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds then gathered a group of men to target the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London. A Copper’s Tale begins in the early morning of 8 August 1963 after the train robbery took place. Six of the best police officers from Scotland Yard are called to help with the investigation, with DCS Tommy Butler in charge.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
Cast:  Luke EvansBruce Reynolds  Jim BroadbentDCS Tommy Butler  Paul AndersonGordon Goody  Jack RothCharlie Wilson  Martin CompstonRoy James  Neil MaskellBuster Edwards  Del SynnottBrian Field  Robert GlenisterDI Frank Williams |
The Great Train Robbery is a two-part British television miniseries, written by Chris Chibnall, that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 and 19 December 2013. The series is distributed worldwide by Kew Media. It tells the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963, first from the perspective of the robbers, and then from the perspective of the police. Episode one, A Robber’s Tale details the organisation of and successful completion of the robbery. Episode two, A Copper’s Tale follows the police investigation into the crime and subsequent arrest of many of the perpetrators. Coincidentally, the first part, A Robber’s Tale, was shown on the same day that train robber Ronnie Biggs died.
A Robber’s Tale is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. It begins in November 1962 at London Heathrow Airport where an earlier robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds then gathered a group of men to target the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London. A Copper’s Tale begins in the early morning of 8 August 1963 after the train robbery took place. Six of the best police officers from Scotland Yard are called to help with the investigation, with DCS Tommy Butler in charge.
