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Post by stu77 on Feb 13, 2023 2:53:14 GMT
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 13, 2023 9:50:51 GMT
That sounds right up my street Thanks Stu The Gold review – a 24-carat drama about one of the UK’s most shocking robberiesThe 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery was the largest score in British history – and now it’s been turned into a hugely entertaining BBC series. Prepare to enjoy some incredible retro sets
The Brink’s-Mat legend only grows in diverting retelling The Gold (BBC One), a six-part series from Neil Forsyth, creator and writer of Scottish crime series Guilt. It began in 1983 – as depicted in the opening scene – when six men in balaclavas burst into Brink’s-Mat secure storage facility near Heathrow airport. They intended to steal £1m in cash, but instead came away with about £26m of gold bullion (equivalent to £90m today). At the time, it was the largest score in British history.www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/feb/12/the-gold-review-a-24-carat-drama-about-one-of-the-uks-most-shocking-robberies |
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Post by stu77 on Feb 13, 2023 15:24:13 GMT
Just finishing it. Smiths and Stranglers.
The funny handshake brigade won't like this programme.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 13, 2023 16:35:03 GMT
Apparently the depiction of Kenneth Noye has come in for criticism given he was later convicted of murder following the infamous road rage murder on the M25 in 1996. Many say he was v unpleasant and not like the depiction in this series.
I still haven't finished ep one but the way the Hugh Bonneville gets the info out of the security guard is a classic scene
Only heard New Order so far on the soundtrack - worked well though
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 13, 2023 16:45:34 GMT
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Post by Billy Idle on Feb 13, 2023 17:48:27 GMT
Tahnks . looks good . Both the BBC series and teh Gangster podcast , think they 've done other gangsters in that series ?
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The Gold
Feb 13, 2023 19:13:45 GMT
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Post by stu77 on Feb 13, 2023 19:13:45 GMT
Tahnks . looks good . Both the BBC series and teh Gangster podcast , think they 've done other gangsters in that series ? Yeah Paul Massey and that Scouser who's name escapes me for the moment. |
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Post by personunknown on Feb 13, 2023 19:18:03 GMT
For Fucks Sake, some middle class script writers masturbatory eulogy to pure and simple vermin scum.Kenneth Noye murdered an innocent motorist, leaving his girlfriend fearing for her life. One of the witnesses to the murder was later killed by a hitman, undoubtedly on behalf of Noye and John Palmer. These were very evil people.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 13, 2023 19:31:57 GMT
Good points PU
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 16, 2023 16:38:32 GMT
Got to say this is really well done
It absolutely does not glorify the villains
Primary theme is money laundering and, to a lesser extent greed and corruption
Brinks Mat is a fascinating case
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Feb 17, 2023 10:44:30 GMT
Finished The Gold now. V good, and hats off to whoever chose the music...The Cure, Joy Division, Bunnymen, New Order
I hope they do another series as there's a separate story to be told
The real DCI Brian Boyce really was a good cop, in addition to being the commander of the task force that investigated Brink’s-Mat, Boyce went on to become head of corporate security for Hill Samuel merchant bank
While there in April 1995, he voluntarily assisted with the Macpherson inquiry into the Stephen Lawrence’s murder case, outraged by the injustice of the initial investigation, and by the insensitive police treatment of Stephen’s mother Doreen and key witness Duwayne Brooks
Boyce described the Lawrence murder probe as “indefensible” lacking “investigative rigour” and put in writing that “racial prejudice, either conscious or unconscious” could not be ruled out. Without wanting publicity for his work, which some members of the Met had seen as a betrayal, Boyce personally gathered evidence on the Lawrence murder suspects and was reported to have used his connections to make key documents accessible to the Lawrence family’s legal team, helping in their shamefully long fight for justice
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