The Gold tv drama casting, start date and more

The Gold is the brand new drama coming to BBC One this month

The crime drama tells the story of the infamous 1980s Brink’s-Mat robbery which saw £26 million worth of gold bullion stolen from a security depot near London’s Heathrow Airport.

Plot

Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden and Dominic Cooper are among the all-star cast of The Gold – BBC One’s upcoming dramatisation of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery.

“The disposal of the bullion caused the birth of large-scale international money laundering, provided the dirty money that helped fuel the London Docklands property boom, united blue and white collar criminals and left controversy and murder in its wake.

“Inspired by extensive research and interviews with some of those involved in the events, The Gold is a pulsating dramatization which takes a journey into a 1980s world awash with cheap money and loosened morals to tell this extraordinary and epic story for the first time in its entirety.”

How many episodes of The Gold are there?

There will be 6 episodes of The Gold.

All episodes will be available as a boxset on iPlayer from launch on 12 February.

The Gold Cast

Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington 1 and 2)
Jack Lowden (Small Axe: Mangrove, Slow Horses)
Dominic Cooper (Preacher, The Devil’s Double)
Charlotte Spencer (The Duke, Cinderella)
Tom Cullen (Becoming Elizabeth, Black Mirror)
Emun Elliott (Guilt, Old)
Sean Harris (Southcliffe, Mission: Impossible)
Ellora Torchia (Ali and Ava, Midsommar)
Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect, The Last Kingdom)
Daniel Ings (I Hate Suzie)
James Nelson-Joyce (Time)
Sophia La Porta (Ripper Street)
Dorothy Atkinson (Call the Midwife)
Adam Nagaitis (Chernobyl)
Hadley Fraser (Gentleman Jack)
Silas Carson (Doctor Who)
Sean Gilder (Sherwood)
Nichola Burley (Behind Her Eyes)
Amanda Drew (A Very British Scandal)
Sam Spruell (Small Axe)
Frankie Wilson (House of the Dragon)
Paul Thornley (Treadstone)
Dan Li (Vigil)
Chris Coghill (Slow Horses)
Micah Balfour (Whitehouse Farm)
Ruth Bradley (Ted Lasso)
Peter Davison (Doctor Who and All Creatures Great and Small)

The Gold stars Hugh Bonneville (Downton Abbey, Paddington 1 and 2) alongside Jack Lowden (Small Axe: Mangrove, Slow Horses), Dominic Cooper (The Preacher, The Devil’s Double), Charlotte Spencer (The Duke, Cinderella), Tom Cullen (Becoming Elizabeth, Black Mirror), Emun Elliott (Guilt, Old), Sean Harris (Southcliffe, Mission: Impossible), Ellora Torchia (Ali and Ava, Midsommar) and Stefanie Martini (Prime Suspect, The Last Kingdom).

Who wrote the series?

The TV series is written by Neil Forsyth (Guilt, Eric, Ernie & Me) and directed by Academy Award-winning Aneil Karia (The Long Goodbye) along with Lawrence Gough (The Last Bus, Snatch, Misfits).

You’ll also be able to watch online on BBC iPlayer with all episodes available to stream after the first airs on TV. It will be released in the US on Paramount + and all international markets where the service is available.

The Gold will begin on BBC One on Sunday, 12 February at 9PM.