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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?
Film 1 - A Robber’s Tale: This is the story of how one group of criminals became the most wanted men in Britain. They got lucky. And that piece of luck would destroy their lives forever.
Film 2 - A Copper’s Tale: Detective Tommy Butler and his elite team of brilliant, idiosyncratic investigators in a race against time to identify the robbers and put them behind bars before they flee the country. But what’s happened to the money itself?
Original Release
12/18/2013 on BBC
US Release
12/18/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Glenister | DI Frank Williams |
Jack Roth | Charlie Wilson |
Paul Anderson | Gordon Goody |
Luke Evans | Bruce Reynolds |
Nicholas Murchie | Roger Cordrey / Roger Corderey |
Martin Compston | Roy James |
Del Synnott | Brian Field |
Bethany Muir | Franny Reynolds |
Eric Hulme | Jack Mills |
Neil Maskell | Buster Edwards |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | A Robber's Tale | Wednesday, 18 December 2013 |
2 | A Copper's Tale | Thursday, 19 December 2013 |
Directors
Alice Taberyová, Julian Jarrold
Writers
Chris Chibnall, Andrew Cook, Rob Ryan
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Glenister | DI Frank Williams |
Jack Roth | Charlie Wilson |
Paul Anderson | Gordon Goody |
Luke Evans | Bruce Reynolds |
Nicholas Murchie | Roger Cordrey / Roger Corderey |
Martin Compston | Roy James |
Del Synnott | Brian Field |
Bethany Muir | Franny Reynolds |
Eric Hulme | Jack Mills |
Neil Maskell | Buster Edwards |
Jack Gordon | Ronnie Biggs |
James Bye | John Daly |
George Ward | Nick Reynolds |
Jim Broadbent | Tommy Butler / DCS Tommy Butler |
James Fox | Henry Brooke / Henry Brooke, Home Secretary |
George Costigan | DCS Ernie Millen |
Bradley Snelling | Journalist |
Richard Hope | DCS Malcolm Fewtrell |
Alexa Morden | WPC |
Nigel Collins | Bert Turner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roderick Seligman | Executive Producer |
Harry Oulton | Executive Producer |
Hugo Heppell | Executive Producer |
Geoff Webb | Executive Producer |
Polly Hill | Executive Producer |
Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
Chris Chibnall | Executive Producer |
Greg Phillips | Executive Producer |
Simon Heath | Executive Producer |
Julia Stannard | Producer |
Tracie Wright | Producer |