Brink's-Mat Gold Robbery
The Brink鈥檚-Mat robbery was one of the largest thefts in British history.
The Brink鈥檚-Mat robbery was one of the largest thefts in British history. The discovery of the record-breaking haul in a west London warehouse in 1983 set off a chain of events that would echo through Britain鈥檚 criminal underworld for decades. It helped shape the property boom of the 1980s, the drugs trade of the 1990s and left an enduring mark on UK crime and policing.
But who were the men behind the so-called robbery of the century? Why did the tentacles of the theft reach so far? And what is the 鈥渃urse of Brink鈥檚-Mat鈥�?
This is a Short History Of the Brink鈥檚-Mat Robbery.
A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Wensley Clarkson, author of The Curse of Brink鈥檚-Mat: 25 years of Murder and Mayhem.
Written by Nicola Rayner | Produced by Kate Simants | Production Assistant: Chris McDonald | Exec produced by Katrina Hughes | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design by Mirianna Pitman-Latham and Matthew Peaty | Assembly edit by Dorry Macaulay | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cody Reynolds-Shaw | Fact check: Sean Coleman
