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Summary:On 26 November 1983,five armed robbers broke into a warehouse near Heathrow. When they left 80 minute slater they took with them å£26 million in gold bars. The programme uses drama-documentary techniques and first-hand accounts to tell the story.
Description:On November 26th 1983 the six armed robbers who broke into a warehouse at Heathrow were hoping that there might be as much as ?3 million in cash stored inside. What they didn't expect was a mountain of gold bullion - worth ?26 million at the values of the time. On the 20th anniversary,the robbery,and the untold story of the way that the robbers themselves became the hunted as they were pursued by a shadowy bounty-hunting syndicate,is brought to life in dramatic fashion by the director who made Iranian Embassy Siege.