The Great Train Robbery (2013)

Directed by

James Strong, Julian Jarrold

Genre

crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This two-part drama covers the 1963 Great Train Robbery. The first episode shows how the robbers planned and carried out the heist. The second episode follows the police investigation that led to the arrests.

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What happens

The Great Train Robbery is a two-part British television historical drama, 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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