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🗓️ 10 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Gold writer and creator Neil Forsyth returns to the podcast in this special episode for an in-depth discussion on details of the larger-than-life heist. He explains the massive social transformation in 1980s Britain, why three tons of gold was at the Brink’s-Mat warehouse, the rumors of police corruption, and more. After this conversation, we guarantee you’ll be able to appreciate every “truth is stranger than fiction” nuance of The Gold.

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0:28.0	The 26th of November, 1983, 6.40 a.m.
0:32.9	The guards at the Brinksmat warehouse at Heathrow Airport are just settling into their shift
0:37.3	and having their
0:37.8	morning tea when six armed men, masked in yellow-green balaclavas, forced their way into the secure
0:44.0	facility. Making their way to the vault, the robbers expect to find roughly one million
0:48.8	pounds worth of foreign currency, but instead find something even shinier, 26 million pounds worth of solid gold bullion.
0:57.0	If your mate hadn't had his little meltdown, they'd have got in the vault.
1:01.0	Not getting in the vault was the best thing they ever happened to him.
1:04.0	How's that then?
1:06.0	The gold wasn't in the vault because it was too much for the vault.
1:10.0	What do you mean too much?
1:11.6	I worked here a long time and I've never seen a load like it.
1:15.6	And I'll tell you something else.
1:17.6	They didn't know who was here.
1:20.6	Now, I can't decide if that's a lot of luck or no luck at all.
1:25.6	The Brinksmat robbery has gone down as one of the largest heists in British history,
1:30.7	transforming the Metropolitan Police Force, the landscape of Britain's capital city,
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