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Buster

Lively biopic telling the story of Great Train Robber Buster Edwards, a small-timer who fell in with more ambitious thieves. After the gang robs a London to Glasgow Royal Mail train in 1963, Edwards takes his family into hiding in Mexico but finds that money is no substitute for life back home.

1 hour, 31 minutes

Last on

Sat 12 Jun 202122:00
BBC Two

Music Played

  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts (One Mind)

  • Four Tops

    Goin' Loco Down in Acapulco

  • Phil Collins

    Big Noise

  • Phil Collins

    A Groovy Kind Of Love

  • The Spencer Davis Group

    Keep on Running

  • Ruby & the Romantics

    Our Day Will Come

  • The Shadows

    Atlantis

  • The Searchers

    Sweets For My Sweet

  • The Everly Brothers

    Let It Be Me

  • Gerry and the Pacemakers

    How Do You Do It

  • The Hollies

    Just One Look

  • Dusty Springfield

    I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself

  • Sonny & Cher

    I Got You Babe

  • Harry Armstrong

    Nellie Dean

  • Charles Collins

    Any Old Iron

    Composer: F.A. Shepherd. Composer: Fred Terry.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Theme from Lawrence of Arabia

  • Phil Collins

    Two Hearts (One Mind)

Credits

Buster EdwardsPhil Collins
June EdwardsJulie Walters
Bruce ReynoldsLarry Lamb
Franny ReynoldsStephanie Lawrence
Nicky EdwardsEllie Beaven
HarryMichael Atwell
Sir James McDonaldAnthony Quayle
Ronny BiggsRalph Brown
GeorgeChristopher Ellison
Mrs RotherySheila Hancock
Inspector Jack MitchellMartin Jarvis
Sergeant ChalmersClive Wood
ProducerNorma Heyman
WriterColin Shindler
DirectorDavid Green

Broadcasts

  • Tue 20 Feb 200700:15
    BBC One Scotland
  • Tue 20 Feb 200723:15
    BBC One except Northern Ireland, Scotland & Wales
  • Tue 20 Feb 200723:45
    BBC One Wales
  • Tue 12 Feb 200823:35
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Wed 13 Feb 200800:05
    BBC One Wales
  • Wed 13 Feb 200823:25
    BBC One Northern Ireland
  • Wed 8 Jul 200923:30
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Mon 31 May 201000:05
    BBC One except Northern Ireland & Wales
  • Mon 31 May 201001:05
    BBC One Wales
  • Sun 27 Jan 201300:15
    BBC One except Northern Ireland
  • Fri 20 Jun 201423:05
    BBC Two HD, England & Wales only
  • Sat 21 Jun 201400:05
    BBC Two Scotland
  • Christmas Day 201400:15
    BBC Two except East, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire
  • Sun 15 May 201600:35
    BBC One
  • Sat 12 Jun 202122:00
    BBC Two except East, Scotland, Wales (Analogue) & Yorkshire

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