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The Gold Robbers

Created by John HawkesworthPeter Vaughan
The Gold Robbers poster
6 Jun 1969First aired
1Season
12BBFC rating
CrimeGenre

The series

Tough cop Detective Chief Superintendent Cradock is assigned to track down and bring to justice the criminals behind the daring theft of five and half million pounds worth of gold bullion from an airfield in the South of England.

Episodes

Season 1 · 13 episodes · 1969

  1. Episode 16 Jun 19691h 0m

    The Great Bullion Robbery

    A shipment of gold bullion worth £5.5 million is stolen, when an aircraft carrying the consignment lands at West Marsh airfield in Kent. Subsequently, DCS Cradock is assigned to the case, in what is dubbed 'The Crime of the Century'.

  2. Episode 213 Jun 19691h 0m

    Grounded

    While operating from his temporary headquarters at West Marsh aifield. Cradock gets his first lead, when eywitness Sally Hartford informs him about seeing the marksman entering her family home during the robbery.

  3. Episode 320 Jun 19691h 0m

    Crack Shot

    Facing pressure from both his superiors and the Home Office, Cradock is tasked to track down and deliver the marksman who shot at the police car that was escorting the bullion van.

  4. Episode 426 Jun 19691h 0m

    The Big Spender

    Cradock is convinced that the voice who mimicked a police operator's call belongs to conman Barry Porter. But how can he unearth the evidence that will implicate Porter with his potential involvement in the robbery.

  5. Episode 54 Jul 19691h 0m

    Dog Eat Dog

    It seems someone has paid £30,000 in order to a release a convict to help pull of the job. Can Cradock help figure out the mystery?

  6. Episode 611 Jul 19691h 0m

    Rough Trade

    Cradock discovers that the getaway driver Peter Conroy has escaped to Austria to evade arrest. But he has left his wife Jennifer behind, and Cradock uses her to find answers.

  7. Episode 718 Jul 19691h 0m

    The Oddly Honest Man

    Tom Goodwin, the pilot who flew the plane that contained the stolen bullion is prepared to spill the beans, but can Cradock trust him?

  8. Episode 825 Jul 19691h 0m

    The Arrangement

    A meeting is arranged with Cradock, whom risks wading deeper into the depths of the criminal underworld for the price of getting on the robbers trail.

  9. Episode 91 Aug 19691h 0m

    Account Rendered

    Cradock reaches a major turning point in his investigation when Harry Oscroft, an accountant to the gold robbers is threatened at home. His family soon appeal for help, yet Harry is reluctant to assist Cradock with his enquiries.

  10. Episode 108 Aug 19691h 0m

    The Cover Plan

    Hon. Timothy Fry DSO travels back to England to help smuggle Terry Lardner's wife and child out of the country. Cradock wants to know why an informer has implicated Fry with the bullion heist.

  11. Episode 1115 Aug 19691h 0m

    The Midas Touch

    'Mr Big' is arrested in Paris, and Cradock has found the brains behind the robbery. Yet he knows there's someone bigger still at large, so he sets out to find him.

  12. Episode 1222 Aug 19691h 0m

    The Man with Two Faces

    Cradock gets closer to heart of the robbery. Yet he finds himself under pressure from powerful men who are pulling the strings behind his superiors.

  13. Episode 1329 Aug 19691h 0m

    The Kill

    In spite of warnings, Cradock refuses to give up bid to capture and arrest the mastermind behind the bullion robbery. However, as he closes in on his prey, he finds himself in dangerous territory.

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