![]() 'Its a tender morning': Jordan Banjo reveals he has undergone a vasectomy as he shares amusing video of himself hobbling after the procedureĬall The Midwife fan favourites to return for the next series despite exit fears - after the BBC confirmed the show will air until at least 2026 King Charles is 'an adventurer at heart' and has been a 'champion of the outdoors his entire life', reveals Bear Grylls 'I don't do well with positive reinforcement': Pink admits she's 'embarrassed' to discover she is the most played female artist in Britain 'Molly-Mae is tired of being the bread-winner!': Tommy Fury's rival Jake Paul says star is being FORCED into fighting him for a £20,000 pay-outĬruz Beckham follows in father David and brother Brooklyn's footsteps as he gets new leg tattoo to mark his 18th birthday Kanye West's new wife Bianca Censori, 27, looks tense while stopping by gas station with rapper, 45, in LA. Vanessa Feltz celebrates her 61st birthday with a family dinner after split from cheating husband Ben Ofoedu left her 'battered and bruised' Shakira and Karol G pose for a sultry snap as they confirm release date of their new 'revenge song' after THAT Gerard Piqué diss track New Countdown host Colin Murray is pictured for the first time since news of his split from wife of ten years Carly Paradis was revealed 'Do you think mummy should dress as Elsa?' Millie Mackintosh reveals her daughter Sienna picked out her Frozen-inspired BAFTAs outfit Not that I’m planning anything myself, you understand. One question The Gold doesn’t attempt to answer has been puzzling me for years: how do you load three tons of bullion and six armed robbers into a builder’s van, let alone drive it down the M4? That’s easily double the maximum payload. seen by many as the trigger for the capital’s financial boom.Īnd a caption at the start of the six-part series, now available to stream on iPlayer, informed us that anyone who has bought gold jewellery such as wedding rings in the UK during the past four decades might well be wearing a little bit of Brink’s-Mat. As a piece of drama, with some brilliant performances and a sizzling script by Neil Forsyth, it’s 24 carat.īut there’s another side to the story – one that will come as a revelation to most viewers – the impact of a £26million cash injection into Britain’s economy as it emerged from the recessions of the 1970s.ĭominic Cooper plays a bent solicitor, intent on investing the proceeds in developing Canary Wharf in London’s Docklands. Pictured: Kenneth Noye, who was found guilty of the murder of Stephen Cameron during a road rage fight on May 19, 1996Īs a portrait of the times, The Gold is a little fanciful. Chasing one of the robbers down a couple of backstreets leaves him half-dead. In his leather bomber jacket, with a Magnum moustache, he chain-smokes so diligently that he can get out of breath just sitting in his car on stakeouts. ![]() Her police partner, DS Tony Brightwell (Emun Elliott), is trying to keep up in more ways than one. ‘I don’t fink we should only nick people that talk like me,’ she says. Her old dad was a villain himself, and she’s joined the police to end the prejudice that ensures posh types get away with murder. ‘Sorry, love,’ says the mortified man, probably making a mental note to sign up for a training course to address his unconscious bias.ĭC Jennings is a young woman from the Sarf Lahnden streets. ![]() When she takes a call at her desk from a uniformed copper demanding to speak to a detective, she replies calmly, ‘You’re talking to one.’ ![]() Charlotte Spencer plays DC Nikki Jennings, a new recruit to the Sweeney or Flying Squad. The Gold prefers a jauntier version, one in a long tradition of making heroes out of felons – such as Phil Collins playing a Great Train Robber in Buster.īy the same token, the drama pretends that the Metropolitan Police were well on the way to being woke, 40 years ago. He said the cold, vacant hatred in Noye’s eyes as he stared at journalists was chilling. When Noye was arrested, Brunt was in court. Lowden’s depiction, all roguish smile and charm, is also at odds with Sky News crime reporter Martin Brunt’s description in a recent podcast about Brink’s-Mat. Anyone who read it will be under no illusions: this was a dangerous, brutal criminal without decency or conscience. Over the weekend, the Daily Mail and The Mail on Sunday published extracts from a superb chronicle by Donal MacIntyre and Karl Howman, detailing Noye’s life on the run. It’s a romantic image, as dishonest as the man himself. ![]()
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