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COLLECTION · Series · 1983

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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.

Source: TMDB
* 7.4 (8)CrimeDramaUnited Kingdom
Creators
Lynda La Plante
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
ITV1 · Thames Television · Carlton Television · Cinema Verity · Euston Films
Runtime
50 min/ep
Release
16/03/1983
Score
7.4 / 10 (8)
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Seasons and episodes
Series 1
Series 1
6 episodes · 1983
Episode 1. Part 1
1983-03-16 · 50 min

One 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…

Episode 2. Part 2
1983-03-23 · 50 min

Dolly 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…

Episode 3. Part 3
1983-03-30 · 50 min

Dolly 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…

Episode 4. Part 4
1983-04-06 · 50 min

The plan is underway as the vehicles and the strategy are sorted out. Dolly tells Linda about Carlos' relationship with Arnie Fisher, but she doesn't believe it at first. But when she sees Carlos with Arnie Fisher, she tips off the police…

Episode 5. Part 5
1983-04-13 · 50 min

Linda gets the van and the plan is ready. Everything runs smoothly until Shirley twists her ankle as they flee. Dolly later finds Shirley desperately trying to start her car, and takes her to her house. The police suddenly turn up at…

Episode 6. Part 6
1983-04-20 · 50 min

Dolly 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 disguise as her and drive out in Dolly's car, so that Eddie will follow her. Dolly and Shirley leave in…

Series 2
Series 2
6 episodes · 1985
Episode 1. Part 7
1985-04-03

It 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 Los Angeles and Bella has got engaged. Dolly gets a P.I. to watch Trudy Nunn, who Harry was living…

Episode 2. Part 8
1985-04-10

Linda and Bella have an argument, and it is overheard by Bella's fiance and he hears everything about her past. Dolly receives a letter telling her about Harry, and she rushes to hide the money somewhere else. Harry arranges his return to…

Episode 3. Part 9
1985-04-17

Dolly, 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 Shirley to join a modeling company. Shirley's mother tells her that she is pregnant, which takes…

Episode 4. Part 10
1985-04-24

Vic 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. Dolly and Bella find out that Harry is going to do another robbery when they go to the hideout to look…

Episode 5. Part 11
1985-05-01

The 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 invited to stop them ruining things. Shirley comes face to face with Harry on the stairs in the…

Episode 6. Part 12
1985-05-08

Dolly 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 and race to the club, but they are already there. They go in and hold up the staff and the models…

Cast by season
Ann Mitchell
Ann Mitchell
Dolly Rawlins
Fiona Hendley
Fiona Hendley
Shirley Miller
Maureen O'Farrell
Maureen O'Farrell
Linda Perelli
Kate Williams
Kate Williams
Audrey Withey
David Calder
David Calder
DI George Resnick
Paul Jesson
Paul Jesson
DS Alec Fuller
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