Notorious Bank Robber McVicar Speaks: Heists, Escapes, and Life on the Run.

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🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 205 minutes

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Notorious Bank Robber McVicar Speaks: Heists, Escapes, and Life on the Run.

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0:00.0	When we're on. Today's guest we've got Russell McVicav. Russell, how are you?
0:16.8	Nice to meet you, Jokes.
0:17.9	Yeah, good to see you.
0:19.7	Another fascinating story. Might be. Your father, who was very well known in Underworld, best-selling book, Philem out about MacVicca, played by Roger Daltrey. Unbelievable, Fulham, probably one of the best crime films out there, especially in the UK. Yourself, you kind of followed in your father's footsteps,
0:38.2	bank robber, escaped from prison,
0:40.5	nearly over 30 years in prison,
0:42.8	mad story as well.
0:43.7	20 years in prison.
0:44.4	20 years.
0:45.3	Yeah.
0:45.7	A sentence.
0:47.2	20 years in prison.
0:48.6	Yeah, a sentence about 35 years and 10 years on a truck.
0:54.0	Escapeed a few times. Back in, now you're here today.
0:57.8	It's good to see you.
0:58.8	Great honour to be on your show.
1:00.3	And you know a few of people who's actually been on the show, Paul Ferris was a good friend
1:03.4	of mine.
1:03.9	Paul Ferris was a very, very funny man, brilliant badminton player and very good at chess.
1:13.6	And it was like a war when I met him. And the other guy who I think a lot of is Paul Doyle.
1:16.6	I was away with him two years.
1:18.6	Tough bastard.
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