'' The Great Train Robbery '' is a two-part British television miniseries , written by Chris Chibnall , that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 and 19 December 2013 . The series is distributed worldwide by Kew Media . It tells the story of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963 , first from the perspective of the robbers , and then from the perspective of the police . Episode one , '' A Robber 's Tale '' details the organisation of and successful completion of the robbery . Episode two , '' A Copper 's Tale '' follows the police investigation into the crime and subsequent arrest of many of the perpetrators . Coincidentally , the first part , '' A Robber 's Tale '' , was shown on the same day that train robber Ronnie Biggs died
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