SCRIPTED 2024
The Gold
Stealing it was just the start ...
The Gold is a critically acclaimed factual drama inspired by the true story of the 1983 Brink ’ s-Mat robbery , and the decades-long chain of events that followed . At the end of Series 1 , following the conviction of some of those involved in the theft and handling of the Brink ’ s- Mat gold , the police realised that those criminals only ever had half of it . Series 2 explores what happened to the other half , and the criminal fortune it created .
As the police investigation continues , it becomes a tense , high-stakes journey into international money laundering and organised crime , while the police embark on dramatic manhunts as they desperately try to solve the longest and most expensive investigation in the history of the Metropolitan Police .
Brian Boyce : Hugh Bonneville ( Downton Abbey , Paddington , Notting Hill ) Nicki Jennings : Charlotte Spencer ( The Living and the Dead ) Tony Brightwell : Emun Elliott ( Paradise , Guilt ) John Palmer : Tom Cullen ( Knightfall , Becoming Elizabeth , Gunpowder ) Writer : Neil Forsyth ( Guilt , Eric , Ernie & Me ) Director : Patrick Harkins ( Tin Star , Guilt ) Producer : Charlie Leech ( Bounty Hunters , Loveskick ) Exec Producers : Neil Forsyth , Ben Farrell , Nick Lambon
Duration Series 2 : 6 x 1 hr Series 1 : 6 x 1 hr
Tannadice Pictures and Objective Fiction for the BBC , UK in association with All3Media International
FORMAT AVAILABLE
Watch S1 trailer