11 episodes
The Missing Madonna BBC Radio Scotland
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- True Crime
A da Vinci painting is stolen in a daring heist at a Scottish castle. This is the incredible inside story of Britain’s biggest art theft and the search for a stolen masterpiece.
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Introducing The Missing Madonna
From a Scottish Castle to a Merseyside boozer, via the FBI’s most-wanted list, this is the incredible story of a missing masterpiece.
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Episode 1 - The Heist
The biggest single artwork theft in British history took place in 2003. Twenty years on, Olivia begins her quest to find out what really happened to The Madonna of the Yarnwinder.
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Episode 2 - The Hunt
As the news breaks of the daring heist, police and press descend upon Drumlanrig Castle. Despite the attention of the media, the thieves get clean away. The painting disappears into the underworld. Will it ever be seen again?
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Episode 3 - The Likely Lads
The Madonna surfaces in Liverpool and two local PIs spot the opportunity of a lifetime. Robbie Graham and Jackie Doyle begin to bring together their team to get the painting back.
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Episode 5 - The Handover
A man sits nervously in a car. Will he get The Madonna back, or a bullet in the head? Olivia pieces together the most critical moment in the plan to rescue the painting.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Olivia Graham
Producer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-White
Sound Design and Composer Julian Corrie
Actors Kenny Blyth, Peter Collins and Gavin Mitchell
Story Consultants Graham Russell and Kirsty Williams
Development and artwork by Sally Greig Lockwood
Editorial Policy Matthew Eltringham
Lawyer Rosalind McInnes
Additional research by Elizabeth Ann Duffy and Anna Miles
Executive Producer Elizabeth Clark
Executive Editor Heather Kane-Darling
Commissioning Editor Gareth Hydes -
Episode 4 - Euston, We Have a Problem
The plan to rescue The Madonna gets very real. Contact is made with the agent of Duke of Buccleuch and a crunch meeting brings Robbie and his team to the point of no return.