Premium podcast company Luminary Media later this year will launch “Villains,” a 13-part show about the U.K.’s Great Train Robbery, under a multi-series pact with Mosaic MediaR…
“Villains” is currently in production from executive producers Will Green and Aaron Ginsburg at The Cut, and Ben Adair at Western Sound. The show tells the story of a group of self-described British “villains” who pulled off the largest cash heist in Britain’s history in August 1963 — making off with a massive haul of £2.6 million in cash before 12 men identified as being involved in the heist were apprehended and jailed.
Green said he grew up in London listening to stories of the Great Train Robbery because his own father mingled with some of the figures tied to the case, including famous gangster Freddie Foreman. For “Villains,” Green has conducted interviews with Foreman as well as with the wives and children of some of the participants in the historic caper.
Producing a podcast show, though, is “a lot more work than I ever imagined,” Green said. “I never realized that talking so much was such hard work.” “Ninth Planet’s partnership with Luminary opened the door for Mosaic Media to further expand our portfolio and digital platform,” Mosaic principal Jimmy Miller said in a statement.
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