Gangster
BBC Radio 5 LiveHow did a small-time carpenter with a minor and fumbled role in a 1963 violent heist become Britain's most famous fugitive and - for many - an unlikely folk hero?
From gangland tea boy to Brazilian playboy, this series recounts the controversial rollercoaster life of Ronnie Biggs in his own words, through previously unheard recordings.
Actor Daniel Mays, who portrayed the Great Train Robber in a m... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 91 | Founded | 5 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | True CrimeDocumentarySociety & Culture | |||
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The Great Train Robber fugitive faces a stark choice: depression, debt and death in Rio ... or surrender to the UK justice system.
Twenty-five years ago, Britain Most Wanted septuagenarian ceremoniously flew home on a private jet chartered by The Su... more
Buy your ticket for ‘The Ronnie Biggs Experience’. For fifty dollars you will be entitled to Brazilian barbecue, a few beers, and an intimate audience with an international celebrity fugitive. Branded T-Shirts are available upon request.
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Welcome to Rio in 1970. Home to the most beautiful football team the world has ever known. Home to a brutal military dictatorship. And, now, home of the last Great Train Robber at large.
The Ronnie Biggs rollercoaster is about to crank up for anothe... more
What price freedom? And why should you never wear crocodile shoes when you’re on the run?!
While the rest of the Great Train Robbery gang are serving thirty-year sentences, the runaways are enjoying the delights of mid-sixties Paris and Las Vegas. B... more
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- Great stories!!
Almost missed Biggs and Hooligans, the seasons seem a bit allover the place, minor stuff.
Great work in general.
Apple Podcasts5stevenr1966
Brazil21 days ago - Disturbingly good
The depth and levels this show goes in to… I have come across some of the stories in the past but never to the extent and detail of this podcast. The details are rounded and balanced, which is quite a task considering the central characters are usually hard and criminals. Absolutely brilliant show one of my three all-time favourites.
Apple Podcasts5Vehrnon
Indiaa month ago - Super good!
A highly recommended listen.
Apple Podcasts5TreeLV
United States2 months ago - Love this!!
Love this podcast! Well researched and an eye opener into the criminal underworld.
Apple Podcasts5AmyJane235
United Kingdom2 months ago - Slow and littered with racialised tropes
I’ve only listened to Season 12 and found it immensely boring, deathly slow, packed with inaccuracies, and alarmingly littered with racialised tropes about Hong Kong and Chinese people ranging from the music choices to the laboured, orientalising descriptions of Hong Kong. The narrator has absolutely no idea what she is talking about when she talks about the latter areas, even calling colonial Hong Kong a “nation” at one point. Absolute and utter garbage with no redeeming features.
Apple Podcasts1MrMHurstUnited Kingdom2 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #51 | United Kingdom/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #81 |  France/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #72 |  Ireland/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #105 |  Hong Kong/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #106 |  United Arab Emirates/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #132 |  Poland/True Crime |
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What is Gangster about and what kind of topics does it cover?
This series centers on real-world organized crime networks, with a focus on the Wo Shing Wo Triad and its British influence. It weaves interviews with journalists, former Triad members, law enforcement, and community voices to chart how protection rackets, gambling dens, and intimidation shaped Chinatowns across the UK and beyond. The production is highly cinematic, using firsthand testimonies, reconstructions, and archival material to illuminate power, loyalty, and fear in a transnational underworld. A standout element is the blend of investigative journalism with intimate, on-the-ground perspectives, offering both historical context and contemporary reflections on crime, policing, and community resilience. This makes it especially compell... more
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Recent guests on Gangster include:
1. Colin MacKenzie
2. Colin MacKenzie's Editor Ian McColl
3. Charmian Biggs
4. Ronnie Biggs
5. Jane Goodwin
6. Vanessa (Waitress at Orient Rendezvous)
7. Stuart Burton
8. Mark Halton
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