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Buy your ticket for ‘The Ronnie Biggs Experience’. For fifty dollars you will be entitled to Brazilian barbecue, a few beers, and an intimate audience with an international celebrity fugitive. Branded T-Shirts are available upon request.
Live music may be provided by the Sex Pistols or, otherwise, a pop band of adorable children.
Warning: the risk of a kidnap attempt occurring within the duration of this event is high. Snakes are also a known hazard.
This episode has been edited since publication.
Credits:
Presenter - Daniel Mays
Producers - Phoebe McIndoe & Jude Shapiro
Executive Producer - Jack Howson
Associate Exec - Chris Pickard
Mix Engineering - Will Fitzpatrick
Commissioning Producer - Sam Proffitt
Commissioning Executive - Louise Kattenhorn
Commissioning Editor - Richard Maddock
Contributors include:
Michael ‘Breiti’ Breitkopf & Bruce Henry Leitman, musical collaborators of Biggs
Ursula Crocker, ex-housemate of Biggs
Colin MacKenzie, crime reporter for the Daily Express
Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce, celebrity crime expert
Chris Pickard, ghostwriter for Biggs
Alex Popovics, son of Biggs’ partner Ulla Sopher
John Robb, musician and punk critic
Jim Shreim, documentarian and neighbour of Biggs
A Peanut & Crumb production for Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
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Buy your ticket for ‘The Ronnie Biggs Experience’. For fifty dollars you will be entitled to Brazilian barbecue, a few beers, and an intimate audience with an international celebrity fugitive. Branded T-Shirts are available upon request.
Live music may be provided by the Sex Pistols or, otherwise, a pop band of adorable children.
Warning: the risk of a kidnap attempt occurring within the duration of this event is high. Snakes are also a known hazard.
This episode has been edited since publication.
Credits:
Presenter - Daniel Mays
Producers - Phoebe McIndoe & Jude Shapiro
Executive Producer - Jack Howson
Associate Exec - Chris Pickard
Mix Engineering - Will Fitzpatrick
Commissioning Producer - Sam Proffitt
Commissioning Executive - Louise Kattenhorn
Commissioning Editor - Richard Maddock
Contributors include:
Michael ‘Breiti’ Breitkopf & Bruce Henry Leitman, musical collaborators of Biggs
Ursula Crocker, ex-housemate of Biggs
Colin MacKenzie, crime reporter for the Daily Express
Professor Ruth Penfold-Mounce, celebrity crime expert
Chris Pickard, ghostwriter for Biggs
Alex Popovics, son of Biggs’ partner Ulla Sopher
John Robb, musician and punk critic
Jim Shreim, documentarian and neighbour of Biggs
A Peanut & Crumb production for Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
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