4.6 • 814 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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The FBI close in. “It’s a wake-up call when police are trying to shoot you.” Tom Justice’s fantasy is fading, he’s now robbing banks to fund his addiction and things are about to get a lot worse.
Film clips: Heat/Michael Mann/Regency Enterprises and Forward Pass
Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Louise Morris
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0:00.0 | You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one. |
0:06.5 | I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds. |
0:11.1 | I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects, |
0:16.0 | relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life. |
0:22.4 | So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature, |
0:28.3 | and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience. |
0:32.3 | And maybe that's you. |
0:33.6 | So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds. |
0:42.2 | Music So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds. He's here. |
0:45.7 | I can feel it. |
0:51.5 | When I saw heat, it sort of unlocked the fantasy in me that I need to be a bank robber. |
1:03.2 | I need to be as cool as these guys. |
1:05.5 | I was just taken by its power. |
1:12.0 | Tom Justice lived life like he was in a movie. |
1:17.1 | If you heard part one of this story, |
1:18.9 | and if you haven't, I ask you to go there now. |
1:21.4 | You'll know that Tom could have been a real-life Olympian. |
1:26.5 | He was scouted as a natural cycling talent, |
1:29.8 | but his obsession with films that heat and the slacker movie Reality Bites |
1:34.8 | meant he couldn't really be bothered to put in the work it takes to be an athlete. |
1:40.5 | So Tom didn't use his biking skills to win medals. |
1:44.4 | He used them to rob banks. |
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