'' Mrs Biggs '' is a 2012 British television series based on the true story of the wife of the Great Train Robber , Ronnie Biggs . The series covers Mrs Charmian Biggs ' journey from naïve young woman to Biggs ' wife and the mother of three young sons . Money worries force her husband to ask for a loan from Bruce Reynolds , planner of the most famous crime in British history , the Great Train Robbery of August 1963 . The aftermath of the train robbery and Biggs subsequent escape from prison leads to a life of flight for Charmian and her children as she tries to keep the family together
Great Train Robber
Great Train Robbery (1963)
Mrs Biggs