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Funeral of train robber Charlie Wilson (1990)

Genre

Interview; News report; Tribute; Vox pop

Gareth Furby reports on the South London funeral of train robber Charlie Wilson, who was shot dead last month at his Spanish villa. Four of the former train gang members joined 150 mourners for the service...

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They stole a train (1988)

On 8th August 1963, fifteen men robbed the night mail train from Glasgow to London. They stole two and a half million pounds. The crime was dubbed the ‘Great Train Robbery’. This documentary traces the...

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Appeal for murder witness (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Detective Superintendent David Johnson has released the voice recording of a woman who may be a vital murder witness in the hope that she comes forward (it is played here). She saw a car that may have been...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Great Train Robbery 30th anniversary (1993)

Genre

Interview; News report

Ian Fenn reports on the 30th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery with short clip from film. With robber Buster Edwards on why they have turned into folk heroes and the violence used against Jack Mills who...

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US peace delegation arrives in Ireland (1994)

Genre

Interview

Eamonn Mallie interviews Bruce Morrison, head of an American peace delegation, during a visit to Ireland to meet the Irish Taoiseach, Albert Reynolds. The US party are expected to be told by the Irish...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Ronnie Biggs on life and experiences (1994)

Genre

Speech

Ronnie Biggs talks about his experience as one of the great train robbers as he launches his autobiography Odd Man Out. He talks about the robbery in 1963; his escape from prison; and life on the run...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio