British Villains

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In 1963, a multimillion-dollar heist forever changed England’s history. The thieves called the job the train, the papers called it the Great Train Robbery, and the police called it the crime of the century. Since then, there have been books, articles, movies, plays, even tours of the site where the robbery took place. But how the villains pulled it off—now that’s a story that’s never been told. At least not the way host William Green tells it, because he has access to perhaps the last survivi...

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Introducing British Villains

Jun 30th, 2022 5:27 PM

In the U.S. you have gangsters. In England, we have “villains.” And in the summer of 1963, over in South London, there were whispers that something big was in the works … something that would leave a defining mark on not only British crime history, but on the history of the country itself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Blitz

Jul 6th, 2022 4:01 AM

London is a bombed out city and poor neighborhoods have been left flatten and desolate, but we meet some young street hooligans determined that the limitations of war will not get in the way of their future success. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Glitz

Jul 13th, 2022 4:01 AM

During the war, everyone was on the hustle, a little bit of this and a little of that was the preferred plan for surviving the streets of South London, but as he 1950s beckoned and the city recovered from the war, not everyone was ready to leave their hustle of crime behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The First Heists

Jul 20th, 2022 4:01 AM

While mixing with the who’s who of London’s West End, Bruce Reynolds begins to assemble the crew who will one day rob a train. But first, there’s the little matter of an airport, an armored car, two modified Jaguars, a large box of cash, and some watches. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Crew

Jul 27th, 2022 4:01 AM

Turns out that stopping a speeding train might not be as easy as Bruce Reynolds first thought. Bruce reluctantly agrees to recruit some small-time villains who happened to have some experience robbing from trains - introducing the South Coast Raiders, and one pair of cheap, black, leather gloves. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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