Overview

• The character Charlie Miller is an amalgam of southeast London criminals and is depicted hiding half the Brink’s-Mat gold in a Cornwall tin mine.
• Douglas Baxter is a Cambridge-educated lawyer created as a composite money launderer who helps funnel proceeds through an international network reaching the Caribbean.
• Each episode opens with a disclaimer that the drama blends factual events with creative licence to simplify the complex 1983 heist and its aftermath.
• The second season explores laundering operations for the stolen gold, diamonds, and cash, drawing on 1980s media theories to dramatize how the loot was concealed and invested.
• All episodes of season two are now available on BBC iPlayer following its June 8 premiere on BBC One.