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Mrs Biggs

2012 British television series

Summary

2012 British television series

Field	Value
image	Mrs Biggs titlecard.jpg
caption	First episode title card
alt	Series title over a railway track
writer	Jeff Pope
director	Paul Whittington
starring	Sheridan Smith
Daniel Mays
composer	Bryony Marks
country	United Kingdom
language	English
num_series	1
num_episodes	5
list_episodes	#Episode list
executive_producer	Jeff Pope
producer	Kwadjo Dajan
Tony Wright (Australia)
cinematography	Fabian Wagner
runtime	63-66 minutes (1,5)
43-46 minutes (2-4)
company	ITV Studios
December media
network	ITV (UK); Seven Network (Australia)
first_aired
last_aired

Daniel Mays Tony Wright (Australia) 43-46 minutes (2-4) December media 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 one of the most famous crimes 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.

Charmian Biggs is played by Sheridan Smith; Ronnie Biggs is played by Daniel Mays. The series was written by Jeff Pope, in co-operation with the real Charmian Biggs. Smith's performance as Charmian received widespread critical acclaim, and she ultimately won the 2013 BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress.

Cast

Sheridan Smith as Charmian Biggs. The wife of the Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs. For her performance, Smith won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and nominations for the National Television Award for Outstanding Female Dramatic Performance and the Royal Television Society for Best Actress.
Daniel Mays as Ronnie Biggs. For his performance, Mays gained a nomination for the National Television Awards for Outstanding Male Dramatic Performance.
Adrian Scarborough as Bernard Powell, Charmian's father
Caroline Goodall as Muriel Powell, Charmian's mother
Bebe Cave as Gillian Powell, Charmian's sister
Jay Simpson as Bruce Reynolds
Claire Rushbrook as Ruby Wright
Jack Lowden as Alan Wright
Tom Brooke as Mike Haynes
Leo Gregory as Eric Flower
Freya Stafford as Julie Flower
Denise Roberts as Annie Pitcher
Phil Cornwell as Detective Sergeant Jack Slipper
Robin Hooper as Mr Kerslake
Luke Newberry as Gordon
Iain McKee as Charlie Wilson
Matthew Cullum as Buster Edwards
Jon Foster as Goody
Ron Cook as Peter
George Oliver as Polish Henry
Sam Healy as Sheree
Libby Tanner as Norma

Production notes

The series was filmed in London, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Manchester, Adelaide and Melbourne.

Scenes of the Great Train Robbery were recreated on the East Lancashire Railway using a locomotive from the same batch of engines involved in the 1963 raid.

Charmian Biggs acted as a consultant on the series and flew to Britain from Australia in February 2012, just before filming began. She also visited Ronnie, who was ill; the couple had divorced in 1976 but remain on good terms. Some of the names in the series were changed for legal reasons.

Charmian met actress Sheridan Smith and sat with her at the manuscript read-through.

While filming in Australia, Sheridan Smith and Daniel Mays spent an evening at Charmian’s house, where she showed them her archive of personal letters and scrapbooks.

Charmian herself appears in the background of one of the scenes in the public gallery of the Australian court when the lawyer is arguing for her to be released.

Episode list

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EpisodeNumber = 1	Title= Episode One	DirectedBy= Paul Whittington	WrittenBy=Jeff Pope	2012	9	5	df=y}}	Aux4= 5.05

DVD

A region 2, two disc set of the series was released on 15 October 2012.

References

"Mrs Biggs".
Page 18/19 of the ITV press pack
Page 4 of the ITV press pack
Page 24 of the ITV press pack.
Page 25 of the ITV press pack
Page 10 of the ITV press release

Wikipedia Source

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