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TV·1983–1985·2 seasons, 12 episodes·ITV1·Crime, Drama·50m·Created by Lynda La Plante

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Armed robbers Harry, Terry, and Joe die when the security van that they're robbing catches fire in the Kingsway Tunnel in London. Their widows–Dolly, Shirley, and Linda–find their husbands' schematics and decide to stage it themselves.

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  1. 01Part 1S01E01 · 10.0One of Harry Rawlins' robberies goes wrong, resulting in the deaths of three robbers. His widow Dolly is given some keys at Harry's funeral by Harry's cousin Eddie. The police begin a search for Harry's ledgers, in which he kept all his notes on past and future robberies, as do the Fisher brothers, who were rivals. Dolly finds the ledgers, along with a gun and money, in Harry's deposit box at the bank. The police tail Dolly, but she gives them the slip a few times to meet with Shirley and Linda, whose husbands also died in the explosion. They decide to carry out the robbery themselves. When Dolly returns home, she finds her house in a mess and someone in the living room.
  2. 02Part 2S01E02 · 10.0Dolly meets Boxer Davis, working for the Fisher brothers, when she returns home. Shirley and Linda find cars for the heist, but neither seems to be much good. Linda goes to a garage to get it fixed and meets the owner, Carlos, who she begins a relationship with, much to Dolly's disgust. While Linda is at work, she encounters old friend Bella, to whom she tells everything, and subsequently takes her to the headquarters.
  3. 03Part 3S01E03 · 10.0Dolly tells Boxer Davis that Harry is still alive to try to keep the Fisher brothers off their backs. Tony Fisher visits Eddie and tells him what Boxer Davis has been telling them. Later, Eddie visits Boxer and takes him out and gets him drunk, and then leaves him in a back alley - where a mysterious driver runs him down. The women go to the mountains to practice for the robbery - and an unexpected face returns from the dead.

Cast

Ann MitchellAnn MitchellDolly RawlinsFiona HendleyFiona HendleyShirley MillerDebby BishopDebby BishopBella O'ReillyMaurice O'ConnellMaurice O'ConnellHarry RawlinsStephen YardleyStephen YardleyVic Morgan

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes1983Aired 9.3Season avg
  1. S01E01Season's bestPart 1March 16, 1983 10.0One of Harry Rawlins' robberies goes wrong, resulting in the deaths of three robbers. His widow Dolly is given some keys at Harry's funeral
  2. S01E02Part 2March 23, 1983 10.0Dolly meets Boxer Davis, working for the Fisher brothers, when she returns home. Shirley and Linda find cars for the heist, but neither seem
  3. S01E03Part 3March 30, 1983 10.0Dolly tells Boxer Davis that Harry is still alive to try to keep the Fisher brothers off their backs. Tony Fisher visits Eddie and tells him
  4. S01E04Part 4April 6, 1983 8.0The plan is underway as the vehicles and the strategy are sorted out. Dolly tells Linda about Carlos' relationship with Arnie Fisher, but sh
  5. S01E05Part 5April 13, 1983 8.0Linda gets the van and the plan is ready. Everything runs smoothly until Shirley twists her ankle as they flee. Dolly later finds Shirley de
  6. S01E06Part 6April 20, 1983 10.0Dolly comes up with a plan to get rid of the watch on her house and get them safely out of the country. Shirley phones her mother to disguis

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes1985Aired 6.0Season avg
  1. S02E01Season's bestPart 7April 3, 1985 6.0It is six months after the robbery and Dolly has returned to England and is awaiting a face-lift. Back in Rio, Shirley is packing to go to L
  2. S02E02Part 8April 10, 1985 6.0Linda and Bella have an argument, and it is overheard by Bella's fiance and he hears everything about her past. Dolly receives a letter tell
  3. S02E03Part 9April 17, 1985 6.0Dolly, Bella, Shirley and Linda meet to go over the plan for the handover. Linda makes a dummy to use in her car and Micky fixes it for Shir
  4. S02E04Part 10April 24, 1985 6.0Vic Morgan goes to see D.I. Resnick at the hospital and tells him what he has found out so far. Bella tells Shirley that Linda is dead. Doll
  5. S02E05Part 11May 1, 1985 6.0The party at the Fishers' club is used by Harry to get people involved in the robbery. The police turn up, but Micky pretends that they were
  6. S02E06Part 12May 8, 1985 6.0Dolly and Bella go to the lockup and find out that the robbery will be carried out earlier than they thought. They rush to phone the police

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

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