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Originally Posted by dave walsh
Yes that's what I said Andrew only she recognised it as well. One travelled as in the boot of her car from Bury to Sussex . The story line [ie SW enthusiast picks up bank robber transmissions] is based on a real case. In fact it was the subject of a documentary [CH4?]. The radio enthusiast was interviewed but he was nothing like the eccentric character they showed to match the steretype]. I think the police investigated but the robbery went ahead!
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Looking back, the events were "The Baker Street Robbery" -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_robbery
and there was a movie made of this plotline some years back.
"The Bank Job" -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bank_Job