Mrs Biggs

152012•40m•8.0/10

DramaCrime

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8.0/10(2)

The true story of Charmian Brent (née Powell), the rebellious product of a strict 1950s upbringing, and her whirlwind romance with Ronald Biggs leading to a descent into crime, most infamously 1963's Great Train Robbery.

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Production

ITV Studios, December Films

Language

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 5, 2012

Last Aired

October 3, 2012

Networks

ITV1

Created By

Jeff Pope

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

Part 1

Air date: 2012-09-05

Headmaster's daughter Charmian Powell meets petty criminal Ronnie Biggs on a train. Her father disapproves and forbids her to see him. Head over heels in love, Charmian leaves home, steals from her employer, and goes on the run with Ronnie.

Part 2

Air date: 2012-09-12

Ronnie returns from his tree-felling job and Charmian realises that he has been involved in the Great Train Robbery when he shows her his share of £147,000.

Part 3

Air date: 2012-09-19

Charmian has an affair with Alan but finds herself visiting a back-alley abortionist after getting pregnant. Ruby threatens to tell Ronnie unless Charmian pays her, but Charmian has a better use for her cash: financing Ronnie's escape with fellow convict Eric Flower.

Part 4

Air date: 2012-09-26

After Ronnie's wanted photo appears in an Australian magazine, he moves Charmian and the boys to Melbourne, where she gets a job in a biscuit factory and he works as a building foreman. However, when his picture flashes on the evening news, he goes into hiding.

Part 5

Air date: 2012-10-03

As Ron begins a new life in Rio, Charmian makes the best of things as a single mother in Melbourne. But tragedy strikes when their eldest is killed in a car accident.