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The Great Train Robbery

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?

2013 |1 Season  | 1h 30m |  Drama

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Cast

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Jim Broadbent

DCS Tommy Butler

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Luke Evans

Bruce Reynolds

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Jack Roth

Charlie Wilson

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Robert Glenister

DI Frank Williams

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Paul Anderson

Gordon Goody

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Neil Maskell

Buster Edwards

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Martin Compston

Roy James

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Nicholas Murchie

Roger Corderey

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Del Synnott

Brian Field

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Jack Gordon

Ronnie Biggs

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James Wilby

John Wheater

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James Fox

Henry Brooke, Home Secretary

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Nick Moran

DS Jack Slipper

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Tim Pigott-Smith

DS Maurice Ray

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Richard Hope

DCS Malcolm Fewtrell

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John Salthouse

DCI Sid Bradbery

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Bethany Muir

Franny Reynolds

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Creator

Chris Chibnall

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC One