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The Gold

Drama, Crime · 2023 · Rated 7.6/10

Last aired: S2 E6, Episode 6 · 2025-06-08

The Gold opens with the events of November 26th 1983, when six armed men broke into the Brink's-Mat security depot near London's Heathrow Airport, and inadvertently stumbled across gold bullion worth £26m. What started as ‘a typical Old Kent Road armed robbery' according to detectives at the time, became a seminal event in British criminal history, remarkable not only for the scale of the theft, at the time the biggest in world history, but for its wider legacy.

Cast

Hugh Bonneville DCI Brian Boyce

Charlotte Spencer DI Nicki Jennings

Tom Cullen John Palmer

Emun Elliott DI Tony Brightwell

Stefanie Martini Marnie Palmer

Amanda Drew Cath McLean

Jack Lowden Kenneth Noye

Peter Davison Gordon Stewart

Sam Spruell Charlie Miller

Dominic Cooper Edwyn Cooper

Sean Harris Gordon Parry

Stephen Campbell Moore Tony Lundy

Daniel Ings Archie Osborne

Joshua McGuire Douglas Baxter

Adam Nagaitis Micky McAvoy

James Nelson-Joyce Brian Reader

Tom Hughes Logan Campbell

Beth Goddard Shirley

Phil Davis Joey Wilkins

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 Episode 1 2025-06-08 · 55 min The police chase the other half of the stolen Brink's-Mat gold when it resurfaces. In Tenerife, John Palmer's successful timeshare business starts to attract unwanted attention.

E2 Episode 2 2025-06-08 · 56 min The proceeds from the stolen Brink's-Mat gold are laundered through growing international criminal networks. The police pick up the trail as their investigation spreads overseas.

E3 Episode 3 2025-06-08 · 58 min As pressure builds on the criminals laundering the proceeds of the stolen Brink's-Mat gold, the police carry out surveillance on their targets and pursue suspects around the world.

E4 Episode 4 2025-06-08 · 58 min The British police join forces with the DEA to take down the international money laundering operation. In Tenerife, John Palmer has an unwelcome visitor as the pressure builds.

E5 Episode 5 2025-06-08 · 59 min Old and new Brink's-Mat criminals are in hiding around the world. As the police and criminal rivals close in on all fronts, the chase begins. Boyce meets an old foe.

E6 Episode 6 2025-06-08 · 58 min Brian Boyce retires, but the work continues. In Britain and America, the Brink's-Mat criminals face their day in court. In Spain, a dangerous manhunt is launched.

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