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🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 5 of The Gold.

Actor Hugh Bonneville is a familiar face here at MASTERPIECE, having appeared in Downton Abbey, Miss Austen Regrets, The Cazalets, and more. Today, Hugh joins us to talk about The Gold and playing the ethical, determined, and legendary DCI Brian Boyce. Hugh shares what he took away from meeting the real-life Boyce to inform his stunning performance.

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0:18.9	Raymond James and the Masterpiece Trust.
0:25.1	I'm Jace Lay Cobb, and you're listening to Masterpiece Studio.
0:29.6	DCI Brian Boyce has a first-class track record keeping the streets of London safe and delivering
0:34.8	justice.
0:36.0	When he sat down to meet with his superiors at the Met,
0:38.7	he thought he was getting promoted to the head of counterterrorism,
0:42.0	but they had other plans and other bigger needs.
0:46.1	The head of counterterrorism has to lead from the back.
0:50.9	Not much happens at the back, sir, as you may have noticed.
0:55.4	We have a solution.
0:57.6	The Flying Squad.
0:58.8	No, thank you.
0:59.4	Hear us out.
1:00.3	I did 20 years in London, from the beat to criminal intelligence.
1:04.4	I've naked every villain in this city once and the good ones twice.
1:07.2	That's why you're here.
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