The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.
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Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 1200 x 200
Episode 1
Part 1
Headmaster's daughter Charmian Powell meets petty criminal Ronnie Biggs on a train. Her father disapproves and forbids her to see him. Head over heels in love, Charmian leaves home, steals from her employer, and goes on the run with Ronnie.
Episode 2
Part 2
Ronnie returns from his tree-felling job and Charmian realises that he has been involved in the Great Train Robbery when he shows her his share of £147,000.
Episode 3
Part 3
Charmian has an affair with Alan but finds herself visiting a back-alley abortionist after getting pregnant. Ruby threatens to tell Ronnie unless Charmian pays her, but Charmian has a better use for her cash: financing Ronnie's escape with fellow convict Eric Flower.
Episode 4
Part 4
After Ronnie's wanted photo appears in an Australian magazine, he moves Charmian and the boys to Melbourne, where she gets a job in a biscuit factory and he works as a building foreman. However, when his picture flashes on the evening news, he goes into hiding.
Episode 5
Part 5
As Ron begins a new life in Rio, Charmian makes the best of things as a single mother in Melbourne. But tragedy strikes when their eldest is killed in a car accident.
Sheridan Smith
Charmian Biggs
Daniel Mays
Ronald Biggs
Reach thousands of daily viewers · size 970 x 90
2018 · ★ 6.5
1983 · ★ 7.0
2026 · ★ 5.9
2021 · ★ 6.3
1986 · ★ 7.3
2026 · ★ 7.5
2016 · ★ 6.5
2019 · ★ 7.1
2018 · ★ 6.9
1981 · ★ 7.6
2023 · ★ 5.9
2024 · ★ 6.8
2004 · ★ 7.8
1973 · ★ 7.0
2024 · ★ 6.6
1993 · ★ 6.3
1982 · ★ 6.5
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2021 · ★ 7.1
2018 · ★ 7.4