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  1. Ronnie Biggs returns to Brazil (1981)

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    Interview; News report

    Report (including interview by Dave Foster) on the return of Great Train Robber, Ronald (Ronnie) Biggs to Brazil, after he was kidnapped, taken to Barbados and almost extradited back to Britain. Speakers...

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  2. Ronnie Biggs released in Barbados (1981)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on train robber Ronnie Biggs and the unsuccessful attempt made to extradite him from Barbados. Includes an interview by Paul Cable who speaks to Ronald Leslie, who helped Biggs escape from Wandsworth...

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  3. Ronald Leslie on Ronnie Biggs abduction (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ronald Leslie, one of the men involved in helping Ronnie Biggs escape from Wandsworth Prison, on Biggs’s abduction in Brazil and possible deportation. Male interviewer not identified.

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  4. Ronnie Biggs on exile (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Lizzie Knight speaks to Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs, who escaped from Wandsworth Prison 30 years ago today after serving just over a year of a 30-year sentence for his part in the mail train raid in...

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  5. 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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  6. 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...

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  7. Ronnie Biggs on his abduction in Rio (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Ronnie Biggs on the moment he was kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro. Biggs was kidnapped on 18/03/81 by a British gang led by John Miller, before being taken to Barbados. He is interviewed at the airport on his...

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  8. Ronnie Biggs unperturbed by deportation reports (1993)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs via telephone following reports of an exchange between the Brazilian and UK authorities of himself and Brazilian fugitive Paulo Cesar Farias who is currently in...

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  9. Rocky Ryan on release of Ronnie Biggs (1981)

    Genre
    Interview

    Telephone interview with Michael (Rocky) Ryan, who says he is a close friend of Ronnie Biggs and is overwhelmed by the release of his friend. He also claims to be a former SAS man and denies reports that...

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  10. Ronnie Biggs 20 years in Brazil (1985)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on a broadcast where former policeman, Jack Slipper, and presenter Pete Murray? spoke to Great Train Robber, Ronnie Biggs, who is in exile in Brazil planning to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of...

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