The Millennium Dome Heist | Diamond Geezers | 1

British Scandal

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

4.5 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

When a flawless £350 million diamond goes on display at London's Millennium Dome, small-time gangster Ray Betson spots the opportunity of a lifetime. To pull off Britain's biggest robbery, he'll need more than luck – he needs a crew of criminal masterminds. Enter Terry Millman, an armed robber with years of experience, and Lee Wenham, a creative young thief with big ambitions.

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0:00.0	Alice, have you done the research for this week's story?
0:07.6	Because obviously it's set in the year 2000.
0:09.7	Oh, so, yes and no.
0:13.6	Started it.
0:14.6	Yeah, I did a lot, probably loads of it.
0:16.1	And then I've been so ill.
0:18.6	Oh, my God.
0:19.5	I've been puking and I've been doing the other one and cramps and sweating awful. It's been awful. Oh, this is terrible, Alice. I'm so sorry. Yeah, it must be something that's going around that's like a thing and like everyone's catching it and I have just got it bad. Where do you think you got it? I think it's just the Millennium Bug. I think you may not have done the research.
0:39.2	I think you've just read the title of the book we were given.
0:41.5	Oh, that's not.
0:43.0	Why 2K would you say that?
0:45.3	Alice, I can't keep doing this.
0:48.8	It's a bad one, Matt.
0:52.3	8.30am, 6th of November, the year 2000.
0:56.6	North Greenwich, London.
0:58.7	My 18th birthday.
1:00.6	Was it?
1:01.7	This very day.
1:02.8	What did you do?
1:04.0	I was in North Greenwich in London.
1:10.5	Ray Betzen pulls frantically at the gearstick, trying to find second.
1:15.8	The JCB's engine splutters and conks out.
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