BBC to explore the real story behind robbery drama The Gold
BBC Factual has announced The Gold: The Inside Story, a new documentary about the detectives charged with cracking the infamous Brink’s-Mat robbery.
In the one-off film, the detectives involved about the investigation into Britain’s biggest bullion heist and how they led the hunt for three tonnes of gold.
The 6,800 bars, which had an equivalent value in today’s money of around £100m, were quickly smelted, disguised and sold back on the open market, fuelling criminal enterprise on an unprecedented scale.
Speaking on film for the first time since the robbery almost 40 years ago, Detective Chief Superintendent Brian Boyce, head of the investigation and DC Tony Yeoman, disclose the challenges they faced and the strategy they used in the hunt for the gold.
Boyce says in the documentary: “Our task was far greater than just arresting the robbers, we hadn’t even recovered the dust of the gold. We had to work extremely hard, follow the trail and recover as much of the gold as possible.”
The Gold: The Inside Story is produced by Bohemia Films. The executive producer is Min Clough; the director is Todd Austin.
Photograph of Brian Boyce and Billy Miller walking down street. Picture credit: The Gold: The Real Story - Brian Boyce and Billy Miller (deceased) – © PA Images/Alamy.
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