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🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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

In preparation for Season 2 of The Gold, coming to MASTERPIECE in 2026, we wanted to wrap up Season 1 with this special postscript episode. You’ll hear first from The Gold writer and executive producer Neil Forsyth about a few final details of the real-life story, followed by actor Hugh Bonneville who shares his thoughts on the surprising reveal at the end of Season 1.

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0:00.0	Viking believes that a journey on the rivers of the world can be an experience designed for the
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0:13.5	Masterpiece on PBS are Viking Cruises, Raymond James, and the Masterpiece Trust.
0:23.4	I'm Jace Lay Cobb, and you're listening to Masterpiece Studio.
0:27.6	The 26th of November 1983 marks both the apex and the end of traditional crime in Britain.
0:34.6	When three tons of solid gold bullion were stolen from the Brinksmat warehouse at Heathrow,
0:39.5	everything changed. Global monetary systems, international banking policies, London's urban
0:45.6	landscape, the Metropolitan Police Force, everything except the strict social hierarchy of
0:51.9	1980s That's That's Right Britain,
0:56.7	upward social mobility might be possible if you have the means to leave your entire world behind.
1:01.3	We just come mudlarking down here when we were kids.
1:05.0	Dig around at low tide.
1:07.5	You'll find teeth, bones, bits of old pottery.
1:12.6	One day we thought we'd go up west,
1:15.6	thought we'd have a dig around in the mud in Chelsea.
1:18.6	Do you know what we found, Mr Cooper?
1:22.6	Coins.
1:24.6	Jewelry. One lady found a silver cigar box.
1:30.3	That's how deep it goes in this city, Mr. Cooper.
1:35.3	The divide.
1:37.3	It's in the mud.
1:40.3	By now you've hopefully watched all six episodes of the gold season one.
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