This is the hunt for 3 tonnes of stolen gold. Told by the police who were there, this is the true story of Britain’s biggest bullion heist.

It reveals how 1980s banking practice, the desire to rebuild London’s docklands and a lack of money laundering regulation all aid the robbers and handlers as they transform the biggest gold bullion haul into cash – and in doing so change our nation forever.

“A deft blend of gloriously grainy archive, snappy soundtrack and gruff types talking in dilapidated warehouses” The Saturday Telegraph

“It is an extraordinary yarn populated by dogged good guys and truly reprehensible wrong ‘uns” The Daily Telegraph

“Our pick of the best to watch, don’t miss out on this true crime drama” The Mirror

“This real-life coppers’ tale was more dramatic than The Sweeney” The Daily Mail

DIRECTOR TODD AUSTIN/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MIN CLOUGH

In 1997 unprecedented crowds flocked to see a rotting cow’s head, a pickled shark and a head made of blood, causing outrage and controversy. The Sensation exhibition became a sensation.

Starting in the 1980s art schools, dole queues and squats of Margaret Thatcher’s Britain, this series embarks on a whirlwind journey to Sensation and beyond to witness a shift in power when underground youth culture takes on the establishment, and wins.

Episode One: Upstarts

“This stimulating three-part documentary celebrates contemporary art and looks back at the big shakers in its history – starting with the 80s.”  The Guardian

“This first episode of Sensationalists is strong at capturing the heady moments of those early times, and the confidence of its protagonists. They were nothing if not clever at exploiting the Thatcherite order in the 1980s, using the newly formed Enterprise Allowance Scheme, grants of £40 a week to encourage the unemployed to set up small businesses, establish studios and push their fledgling careers into the twilight.”  Financial Times

DIRECTOR MIN CLOUGH/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/ TODD AUSTIN

Episode Two: Is It Art?

“Episode two of this absorbing series is what we’ve all signed up for, the centrepiece: it’s a lively account of Sensation, the game-changing Royal Academy exhibition in which Charles Saatchi encouraged a gang of punk-inspired artists to run amok.”  Sunday Times

“The second part of this fascinating series about the rise of the Young British Artists enters the 1990, when young creatives used the recession to their advantage. This was a decade when the very definition of what constituted art divided the artworld.”  Daily Mail

Episode Three: Fame and Fortune

“The frenzy around Sensation peaks in this vibrant overview. Most moving though, is the footage of Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North processing through towns and villages on its way to be installed.”  The Sunday Times

 “This Exhilarating series tracks the 1990s. It gives essential social, cultural and political context to the apparent shock tactics.”  The Daily Telegraph

“This three part series has been adept at evoking the excitement of the era while offering a sober and intelligent analysis of the YBA legacy.”  The Times

DIRECTOR MIN CLOUGH/ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/EP 2 CO-DIRECTOR TODD AUSTIN

At the dawn of the 1970s, a secret network of corrupt detectives in London abused their power and cultivated a culture of greed and fear.

Those at the sharp end reveal how gutsy coppers sought to flush them out – forming the first anti corruption branch A10, whose inner workings inspired the BBC drama Line of Duty. Using secret recordings, archive and animation this series reveals an age of excess, where tabloid scoops uncover Soho’s dirty secrets, incriminating evidence is planted on the innocent and big money robberies expose dizzying levels of corruption. 

Episode One:  Firm in a Firm 

“There’s a nostalgic feel to this series about 1970s police corruption: jazz funk on the soundtrack, Philip Glenister narrating, and evocative archive of car chases with police in Triumphs pursuing villains in Jags. But at its heart it is deadly serious.” Radio Times

“It features all the tension, intrigue, deceit and double-crossing that makes us love Line of Duty so much.” Stylist Magazine

DIRECTED BY TODD AUSTIN / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER  MIN CLOUGH

Episode Two:  Goodbye Rotten Apple

“It turns out that the first episode of this documentary series about bent cops was just the amuse bouche to tonight’s rich main course.”  The Telegraph

“The stylish but shocking real story behind Line of Duty.“  Saturday Telegraph

“As in last week’s first episode, the storytelling is efficient and imaginative: plenty of period footage and interviews but also funky music, talking heads, even animation. Extraordinary stuff.” The Times

“Wonderfully evocative series looking at police corruption in the 70s.”  Independent

Episode Three: Taking a Drink

“Todd Austin’s excellent documentary series reaches conclusions considerably more decisive and profound than those of Operation Countryman; the corruption inquiry forming the backbone of this final episode.”  The Telegraph

“This rich documentary series delivers another irresistibly murky saga. It’s the late 1970s, and major armed robberies keep happening in London – without anyone going down for them.”  The Guardian

“The final part of this tremendous series…once again the period footage, cop show 1970s funk, animations and talking heads make for an unnerving, arresting hour.”  The Times

The conventional image of Woody Guthrie is of the Dust Bowl Troubadour emerging from a boxcar in the Great Depression of the 1930s, but there is so much more to him. 

Interviews with Arlo and Nora Guthrie, Ani DiFranco, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Billy Bragg and Tom Morello reveal a tale of survival, creativity and reinvention. 

Railing against his racist upbringing, Woody is proof that there is always potential for change and even today, fifty years after his death, he is challenging Donald Trump from beyond the grave.

This film unearths a previously unheard Guthrie recording. Deportee (Plane Crash at Los Gatos) was written by Guthrie, but until now it was thought he never recorded it. We hear it for the very first time along with rare and unseen archive.

“It’s an evocative film, one that manages to end with perhaps the most uplifting moment of the TV week.”  The Times

“The main takeaway from this stirring doc is the modern resonance of the songs.”  The Guardian 

DIRECTED BY TODD AUSTIN / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER  MIN CLOUGH