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Series · 2012

Mrs Biggs

Created by Jeff PopeSheridan SmithDaniel Mays
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5 Sep 2012First aired
1Season
15BBFC rating
DramaGenre

The series

The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.

Episodes

Season 1 · 5 episodes · 2012

  1. Episode 15 Sep 20121h 4m

    Part 1

    Headmaster's daughter Charmian Powell meets petty criminal Ronnie Biggs on a train. Her father disapproves and forbids her to see him. Head over heels in love, Charmian leaves home, steals from her employer, and goes on the run with Ronnie.

  2. Episode 212 Sep 201242m

    Part 2

    Ronnie returns from his tree-felling job and Charmian realises that he has been involved in the Great Train Robbery when he shows her his share of £147,000.

  3. Episode 319 Sep 201243m

    Part 3

    Charmian has an affair with Alan but finds herself visiting a back-alley abortionist after getting pregnant. Ruby threatens to tell Ronnie unless Charmian pays her, but Charmian has a better use for her cash: financing Ronnie's escape with…

  4. Episode 426 Sep 201245m

    Part 4

    After Ronnie's wanted photo appears in an Australian magazine, he moves Charmian and the boys to Melbourne, where she gets a job in a biscuit factory and he works as a building foreman. However, when his picture flashes on the evening news…

  5. Episode 53 Oct 20121h 4m

    Part 5

    As Ron begins a new life in Rio, Charmian makes the best of things as a single mother in Melbourne. But tragedy strikes when their eldest is killed in a car accident.

Cast

Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Smith

Charmian Biggs
Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays

Ronald Biggs
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