Lloyds Bank | Britain's Biggest Heists | S2E01

The real story behind the British heist film BANK JOB (2008). On a Saturday night in 1971 a gang of thieves tunnelled for 40ft into the vault of Lloyds Bank on Baker Street, central London. The robbers communicated via walkie-talkie and the signal was picked up by an amateur radio enthusiast, Robert Rowlands (interviews available) who reported the conversation to the police. A check of 700 banks failed, with Lloyds on Baker Street being one of those checked. With the vault door undisturbed, police assumed there was no other way of entry and left. The thieves gained entry through a 15 inch hole. Scrawled inside the safe, the criminals left the words: "Let Sherlock Holmes try to solve this". Four men were jailed in 1973 for their roles in the robbery. It has been suggested some of the stolen material contained sensitive information about the Royal Family. Interviews available with Ron Ratcliffe who was in the police surveillance team.

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