THE GOLD - SUNDAY 9pm Sunday - TV PACE. NO SPOILERS !!!!

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And looks like we finally have The Gold On for next Sunday

Been waiting for this

Seen ads. Looks great

So the loss of hv gains something good on a Sunday night - well hopefully

Based on a true life story

The drama explores one of the most remarkable true crime cases and its impact on the world after the event. Taking place on 26th November 1983, six armed men broke into the Brink’s-Mat security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport.

What was supposed to be a 'routine' armed robbery, actually ended up being one of the seminal events of British criminal history because the six men inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth £26m.

Known as the "Brink's-Mat robbery" or the "Brink's-Mat bullion heist", the largest gold heist in British history happened on 26th November 1983, like in The Gold.

At most, the gang of south London criminals thought that they would come away from the robbery with £3 million. But in reality, they actually ended up finding £26 million worth of gold bars, uncut diamonds and cash.

After the event proved even more wild, with the gang having to onboard the help of an expert jeweller to dispose of the gold, counterfeit stolen gold bars, the collapse of Johnson Matthey Bankers (where the bullion was stolen from) and the so-called "curse", which refers to the fact that several of those involved were shot and killed.

It was just supposed to be "a typical Old Kent Road armed robbery", according to detectives at the time. But it soon went on to be a massively remarkable event, not only due to the scale of the theft – at the time, the biggest in global history – but for its wider legacy.

The cast for The Gold is a star-studded one, to say the least. It's written by Neil Forsyth (Eric, Ernie & Me) and directed by Academy Award-winning Aneil Karia (The Long Goodbye) along with Lawrence Gough (The Last Bus, Snatch, Misfits).

The cast is led by Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey (www.radiotimes.com/going-out/best-downton-abbey-tours-uk/)) as Brian Boyce, Jack Lowden (Small Axe (www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/small-axe-release-date-cast-trailer-bbc/): Mangrove) also stars as Kenneth Noye, Dominic Cooper (The Preacher) as Edwyn Cooper, Charlotte Spencer (The Duke) as Nicki Jennings, Tom Cullen (Becoming Elizabeth) as John Palmer and Emun Elliott (Guilt (www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-6qlfuh/guilt/)
, Old) as Tony Brightwell.

The cast also includes Sean Harris (Southcliffe), Ellora Torchia (Ali and Ava) and Stefanie Martini (
Prime Suspect (www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-jtsagk/prime-suspect/)
) in the real-life drama.

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Your tv call as requested 😂😂

oo - looks good! Thanks Blondes

Tivo set up, thanks @Blondeshavemorefun I've name changed since you used to tag me in and am always way behind so don't comment on threads, but I do come back and read what is being said once I've caught up. Having said that, I've only just finished S1 of Happy Valley so that gives you an idea of how slow I am to watch stuff 😆

You are very behind @GetOffMyDoorJack 😂

Oh I'm glad you've started this. I saw a glimpse of the advert and for some reason thought it was the great train robbery so wasn't going to watch.

Hopefully it’ll be all available from next Sunday. I don’t like having to wait a week for a new episode.

Yes it will all be shown on iPlayer

Sighs

This will be a weekly tv pace thread

This sounds good Blondes , love a true life drama .

Thanks Blondes

I\d seen this advertised and thought it looked good.

Checking in

I'd like to like this, but I have a problem with BOATS (Based On A True Story) stuff, I don't feel comfortable with. Was same with Chernobyl.

Thanks @Blondeshavemorefun

What's the actual no spoiler policy though when the story is based on true life events? There's a couple of news articles from the Autumn and I could post links if anyone wanted, but I appreciate that although it's a historical event, not everyone will know it.

One article starts with
It is said that if you have bought gold jewellery in the UK since November 1983 the chances are you were wearing some of the £26 million worth of the bullion stolen during the Brink's-Mat robbery.
Such was the scale of the theft, it was described at the time as the "crime of the century" - a haul which dwarfed all crimes before it and made the £2.6m proceeds of the Great Train Robbery look like chump change. 😳

The other article is about Kenneth Noye who hit the headlines again a few times for reasons not related to the robbery. Choosing my words there so as not to give any spoiling information.

I agree on a real true life story it's a bit harder 😂

Just means tv pace

If people want to binge to not mention what they have watched in episodes that haven't been shown on tv

@martinisforeveryone I saw that somewhere and thought oh my wedding ring has some of that gold

Same @JaneJeffer with my
Wedding ring

And maybe my gold necklace and earrings ?

Well to be on the safe side if you want the rest of the first story it's on kent online using the search term fascinating story and the word hoist.

The other is about Kenneth Noye in The Express yesterday, but there are a number of articles from last June-Novemberish time too.

Yes I've got a chain I was given for my 21st as well which DS2 now wears. It's funny thinking about that!

Jack Lowden was on Graham Norton chatting about it and saying he never gets to use his Scottish accent in anything.

I know all about Kenneth as lives near me

Claim to fame

Or not

I have been up his drive and knocked on his door

Well I hope you've locked up your gold @Blondeshavemorefun and etc etc

Not sure I have claim to any B-M gold and I've lost my wedding ring 😢 better than losing my DH though, he's a real keeper.

Actually, why on earth didn't I ask? you knocked on his door???

Blondeshavemorefun.
Nasty piece of work.

Wrong house

I was going for an interview and was dark and family I was seeing said it was house on end before the road

I went to his house instead of house opposite

I have done a diagram to explain as know how much mn loves a diagram 😂😂😂

Road is enterable both ends so I obv went in other end

Lucky you weren't wearing your balaclava.

😂