The Great Train Robbery | Sitting Ducks | 2

British Scandal

Wondery

Scandal, Alice Levine, Great Britain, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, British, England, History, Matt Forde, Documentary

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Cracks are showing in Bruce Reynolds' 16-man crew and the farm where they’ve been hiding out is a pressure cooker. But today's the day they plan to stage the daring train robbery, and the stakes are far too high to turn back. Can the group hold it together long enough to pull off Britain’s biggest ever heist?

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0:00.0	Hello, Prime Members! You can listen to British scandal one week early and ad free on Amazon Music
0:05.6	or via the OneDrew Plus subscription on the OneDrew app or Apple podcasts.
0:10.4	Alice, I do just need to warn you that in this episode there are going to be some very naughty words.
0:16.9	Don't say you weren't warned.
0:18.6	OneDrew
0:25.6	2.30pm, December 3rd, 1963, Klappen London.
0:32.5	Bruce Reynolds lowers himself into an armchair and peels open a newspaper.
0:37.7	He scans the pages. It's the first time in months that news of the robbery isn't
0:43.2	splashed on the front page. He brings a steaming cup of tea to his mouth. His hair is
0:49.5	uncounted and he's grown a mustache. Before he can take a sip, Franny's panic voice calls out
0:55.5	from another room. Bruce, come quick! We've been robbed! Reynolds flings the newspaper to one side
1:02.5	and bolts through the door. In the flat small bedroom he sees Franny standing by an open window.
1:08.9	The rails of a ladder just visible outside. They take him out your way!
1:14.5	He looks at the ransacked dressing table, draws hanging loose. Reynolds blood runs cold.
1:21.2	He runs to the wardrobe in the corner, digs through a pile of clothes until he feels a pair of suitcases.
1:27.9	The money is still safe. From the open window he hears voices. Franny peers out, then recoils.
1:37.8	This toop, a police officer's down there. He hears a voice call up.
1:42.4	Your neighbours called about to break in. We're coming up! Reynolds's heart leaps in his chest.
1:48.6	His face has been unwanted posters up and down the country for the past four months.
1:53.8	Police, open up! Franny's face is ashen. She looks at Reynolds with bewildered eyes.
2:00.7	Could you come back later when my husband's home? The police officer sounds impatient.
2:05.9	Open the door! Reynolds looks at the open window, but he knows he's out of time.
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