Great Crimes and Trials

tv show

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78 total episodes

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3 seasons

First Aired November 02, 1993

Overview

Great Crimes and Trials is an early 1990s BBC documentary television series. The program consists of archival material combined with never before seen interviews to reconstruct a renowned crime, examining the felon's motives, details of the crime, the investigations and the trial. Each episode is narrated by actor Robert Powell. In the United Kingdom the program is shown on weekdays on the Crime & Investigation Network. The first series was released on DVD by Columbia Tristar in 2005, and the third series was released on DVD by Network DVD in 2011. The first and second series were released on video by Columbia Tristar in 1997.

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The Great Train Robbery

Season 1 - Episode 18 - 1h 30m

Air Date

March 01, 1994

Overview

In 1963 a mail train was ambushed in England. In one of the largest robberies ever, the gang got away with more than £2.5 million in used bank notes. The stories of police attempts to recapture some of the robbers still hit the headlines today…