The Gold Robbers (1969)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Length
- 1 season, 13 episodes
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 4 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A crime drama series from 1969 retelling the story of a famous train robbery. It follows police detectives as they investigate the theft and hunt for the criminals.
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What happens
The Gold Robbers is a British thirteen-part crime drama series starring Peter Vaughan, Artro Morris, Richard Leech and Peter Copley; the series was produced by LWT and shown on Friday evenings on ITV between 6 June and 29 August 1969. The series was created and devised by John Hawkesworth, it was inspired by the Great Train Robbery which took place on the early hours of 8 August 1963 when £2.61 million was stolen from a Royal Mail train at a railway bridge in Ledburn, Buckinghamshire. Former CID chief DC Supt. Alfred Butler, who worked on the investigation into the robbery, served as the series' technical advisor. The series was highly successful for LWT, repeatedly gathering audiences of around 15 million viewers, frequently overtaking the BBC in the ratings. It was later sold to ten countries and nominated for a drama series award at 1969 Television Awards organised by The Society of Film and Television Arts in 1970. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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