Summary
8 August 1963: Britain wakes up to news of the biggest robbery in the country’s history. A train has been hijacked and robbed, 35 miles from its arrival in central London. The country is stunned. Who could be behind it? How did they pull off such an audacious raid?
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 70
IMDb7.3
Time to watch it all
3 h
2 episodes, about 90 min each
An episode a night: done in 2 nights.
Reach
Streams in 24 countries
+14First aired
2013
December 18, 2013
Ended 2013
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United Kingdom
Rated
- TV-14United States
Not for young kids: it's rated TV-14 in the United States for violence and strong language, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 15 more19 people
- Jim BroadbentDCS Tommy Butler2 episodes
- Luke EvansBruce Reynolds2 episodes
- Jack RothCharlie Wilson2 episodes
- Robert GlenisterDI Frank Williams2 episodes
- Paul AndersonGordon Goody2 episodes
- Neil MaskellBuster Edwards2 episodes
- Martin CompstonRoy James2 episodes
- Nicholas MurchieRoger Corderey2 episodes
Del SynnottBrian Field2 episodes
Jack GordonRonnie Biggs2 episodes
James WilbyJohn Wheater2 episodes
James FoxHenry Brooke, Home Secretary2 episodes
Nick MoranDS Jack Slipper2 episodes
Tim Pigott-SmithDS Maurice Ray2 episodes
Richard HopeDCS Malcolm Fewtrell2 episodes
John SalthouseDCI Sid Bradbery2 episodes
Bethany MuirFranny Reynolds2 episodes- NCNigel CollinsBert Turner1 episode
Gwyneth StrongDorothy1 episode
Directing · 2
- Julian Jarrold Director
- James Strong Director
Writing · 1
- Chris Chibnall Screenplay, Executive Producer, Creator
Production · 11
- Harry Oulton Executive Producer
- Simon Heath Executive Producer
- Geoff Webb Executive Producer
- Polly Hill Executive Producer
- Roderick Seligman Executive Producer
- Hugo Heppell Executive Producer
Camera · 1
- George Richmond Director of Photography, Cinematography
Editing · 2
- Mark Eckersley Editor
- Billy Sneddon Editor
Sound · 6
- Ruth Sullivan Foley Artist
- David Sansom Sound Recordist
- Sandy Buchanan Foley Editor
- Amy Stokes Boom Operator
- Rodney Berling Sound Effects
- Laura Lovejoy Dialogue Editor
Art · 3
- Helen Scott Production Design
- Richard Downes Art Direction
- Christopher Wyatt Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Jo Sweeting Makeup & Hair
- Lesley Lamont-Fisher Makeup Designer
Visual Effects · 1
- Ben Shepherd Visual Effects Supervisor
Other crew · 8
- Paul Englishby Music
- Glenn Gregory Music
- Andrew Cook Book
- Rob Ryan Book
- Phil Bull Standby Property Master
- Tristan Rose ADR Engineer
The Great Train Robbery episodes
1 season · 2 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 A Robber's Tale, 7.6
- S1 E2 A Copper's Tale, 7.5
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