When the gang burst in, one of the other guards thought it was a prank and carried on making tea – until one of the robbers clobbered him across the back of the neck. In fact, he sneaked off to unlock the door and give a signal to the gunmen.
After showing up for work late and bleary-eyed – claiming that he’d slept badly – Black took a toilet break. What The Gold doesn’t show is how Black helped. Detectives soon identify a Brink’s-Mat security guard as an inside man, called Anthony Black in real life. The Gold is more focused on the effects than the actual heist, which is presented as a pre-titles prologue. But what’s the solid gold truth? And what’s 24-carat fiction? Did the robbers have an inside man? The heist – and its aftermath: smelting, laundering, and murder – are the subject of the BBC’s new six-part drama, The Gold, which is available now on iPlayer. If you’ve bought gold jewellery since 1983, the chances are you’re wearing Brink’s-Mat. As the story goes, some of the gold made its way back into the market. Most of the gold was never recovered and only two of the six robbers were ever convicted. They stole £26 million in gold bullion – the biggest robbery of its kind in British history. On November 26 1983, six armed robbers entered the Brink’s-Mat security warehouse at the Heathrow International Trading Estate.
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