The Millennium Dome Heist | On Trial | 3

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

🗓️ 29 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

After months of careful planning, the gang tear through the Millennium Dome in a modified JCB - because nothing says 'subtle robbery' quite like a bright yellow digger. And when the robbers are confronted by the cops, they have one last trick up their sleeve.

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0:00.0	Right, Matt, are you ready to start this meeting then?
0:09.4	No comment.
0:11.1	Huh? What?
0:12.5	No comment.
0:14.9	Okay.
0:15.8	So should we talk about the themes in this episode?
0:18.1	Because I think there's some really interesting stuff we could do with Act 2.
0:22.4	You've got nothing on me. No, come in.
0:25.4	Fine, I'm just going to have to assume your response on some of these agenda points then.
0:28.8	So who's going to get the coffees for the next few weeks, Matt?
0:32.6	No coming.
0:34.0	Who is going to get to choose all of the scandals coming up until Christmas, Alice?
0:38.3	No coming. And shall I release the episode that contain the vicious, in fact, violent comments that you made about Sir David Attenborough, which actually amount to hate speech?
0:45.3	Well, comment, comment, comment. I was joking. Please, don't cancel me.
0:50.3	It's almost inciting elder abuse.
0:53.3	7th of November 2000, Millennium Dome, London.
0:58.6	DCI Swinney Swinfield pulls at his silver-flect hair in frustration as his radio crackles to life.
1:05.5	Sir, the suspects have almost reached the vault.
1:09.3	Swinney stares across the concourse at Ray Bettson as he staggers from the smoking JCB toward the diamond,
1:15.6	blood streaming from his nose.
1:18.6	Swinney glances down at one of his undercover officers in an I Love London t-shirt,
1:23.6	his grip tightening around the handle of a semi-automatic weapon tucked into a pram.
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