‘The Gold’ has been renewed for a second season.
The Gold is getting a second season
The BBC One drama - which is based on the infamous £26 million Brink's-Mat heist in 1983 and stars Jack Lowden and Hugh Bonneville - is getting a follow-up series that will explore in further detail the stories of other figures in the crime like Charlie Wilson, the Great Train Robber who attempted to launder the dosh via Pablo Escobar’s drug ring.
A TV insider told The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column: "This will be music to the ears of fans, some of whom have already seen all the episodes on iPlayer.
“Although every channel and streamer likes to revisit true crime stories, The Gold is one which seems to have captured people’s imagination.
“Not only is it a nostalgia trip filled with Eighties cars, clothes and music, it provides a more in-depth look at the background of the criminals involved. Now they’re going to explore even more characters involved in the original crime.”
Building on the success of the true-crime adaptation - which sees the ‘Paddington’ star, 59, play Detective Superintendent Brian Boyce and the ‘Slow Horses’ star, 32, take on the real-life crook Kenneth Noye - the Beeb has also commissioned a one-off hour-long documentary exploring the investigation, ‘The Gold: The Inside Story’.
Speaking publicly for the first time in nearly 40 years about the case, Brian says in the programme: “Our task was far greater than just arresting the robbers, we hadn’t even recovered the dust of the gold. We had to work extremely hard, follow the trail and recover as much of the gold as possible.”
Simon Young, the BBC’s Head of History, added: "Few robberies are as iconic as Brink’s-Mat or have had such a profound effect on the country. That’s why it’s so fascinating to hear Brian Boyce and his colleagues give such a frank and unvarnished account of the challenges the police faced in attempting to solve such a colossal crime."
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