The Great Train Robbery

[David Johnson]

Excellent two parter this week on the Beeb, the Great Train Robbery.

The background music is brilliant

Sam Cooke "A Change is Gonna Come"



and Nina Simone "Sinnerman"



On the Iplayer for awhile.

[steve56]

Agree watched both episodes great no crap adverts to ruin it either cos it was on BBC if Mrs Biggs comes out on DVD ill be watching that too!!!

[NEWARK LAD]

its out on dvd!

[one eyed jack]

I saw it.. Loved it.

Beeb movies are world class !thumbsup!

[Essex Lad]

And no bad language either. Such nice boys those train robbers...

[max_tranmere]

I didn't see the programme but I think I'm right in saying they are all now dead. Buster Edwards, who the film 'Buster' starring Phil Collins was about, apparently ran a flower stall outside Waterloo Station for years after he came out of prison. He then apparently hanged himself in a garage. I read in the paper today that the ashes of that oh-so-nice-guy Ronnie Biggs are going to be scattered in two or three different places - one of which is the site where the robbery took place! Very weird!

[Essex Lad]

max_tranmere wrote:

> I didn't see the programme but I think I'm right in saying they
> are all now dead.

No, sorry to pick you up again but they are not all dead. Gordon Goody, Bob Welch, Bill Jennings, Tommy Wisbey and one or two others including a very famous and rich one who has never been linked publicly but was involved are still around.

[JamesW]

Essex Lad wrote:

> a very famous and rich one who has never
> been linked publicly but was involved


Where was he linked then if he wasn't linked publicly?

[Essex Lad]

In the underworld among the faces of course.

[JamesW]

So if this was never made public.... does that mean you have information you obtained PRIVATELY from the underworld?