Channel 5 - Heists Series 1 (2016) Part 2 Britain's Biggest Armed Robbery

The incredible true stories behind some of the world's biggest, most infamous robberies. The great train robbery, the biggest diamond robbery or the theft of Mona Lisa. Get to know up close the most famous crimes in history … In six parts, we will take you to the world's greatest robberies and reveal their secrets. This series tells us incredible, yet true stories of the world's biggest robberies. With the help of action scenes, series takes the viewer through the crime step by step, from compiling a plan for the robbery and its course to a police search and the consequences. Legendary robberies are brought back with archival footage, dramatized scenes, or even the perpetrators themselves and other participants - experts and witnesses. HEISTS unlocks the truth behind the most audacious robberies in the history of the UK. With action packed dramatic re-enactments and interviews with those who were there we discover how these daring crimes were committed to uncover the masterminds and the plots behind them.

Part 2 Britain's Biggest Armed Robbery

A look back at the famous Brink's-Mat heist of November 1983, when an armed gang stole over a E26million in goods from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport. On a cold November morning in 1983, armed robbers targeted the Brinks Mat security depot at the Heathrow International Trading Estate. Following an extremely brutal military-style raid, the gang got away with over E26million of gold. The robbery - the country's biggest and most notorious - caused the price of gold to soar and sent ripples through the criminal underworld. This programme hears from police officers who followed the increasingly complex case, as it pieces together the legacy of the heist.

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