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Catching Britain's Biggest Thieves

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Factual: Crime & Justice

27/01/2009

BBC One - Catching Britain's Biggest Thieves

The inside story of how the police ended one family's 20-year crime spree.

Documentary telling the inside story of how five police forces used cunning, guile and forensic knowledge to end one family's 20-year crime spree.

Steeped in cunning, guile and forensic knowledge, the notorious Johnson Gang ran rings around the law as they stole from some of England's grandest stately homes. 

It eventually took five police forces to end their 20-year crime spree - this is the inside story.

Narrated by David Morrissey.

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