Great Train Robbery (1963) Valley Police Force (the modern-day successor to Buckinghamshire Constabulary). Fewtrell was assisted and later succeeded in the investigation by John Woolley, who served in the Buckinghamshire Constabulary from 1959 to 1984. George Hatherill (1898–1986) had his service extended by one year because of the need to complete the investigation of the Great Train Robbery. He visited Canada and the USA as a lecturer on police matters. He died on 17 June 1986 at the age of 87. Gerald MacArthur died aged 70 years on 21 July 1996. He was famous for breaking up the Richardson Gang at a time when
The Great Train Robbery (2013 TV series) of many of the perpetrators. Coincidentally, the first part, "A Robber's Tale", was shown on the same day that train robber Ronnie Biggs died. "A Robber's Tale" is set between November 1962 and the aftermath of the Great Train Robbery on 8 August 1963. Beginning at London Heathrow Airport where the big practice robbery took place, Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) gathered a group of men to target the Royal Mail train heading between Glasgow and London. "A Copper's Tale" begins in the early morning of 8 August 1963 after the train robbery took place. Six of the best police officers