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The Real Cops & Robbers

Brief

"Cops Foil Million Pound heist on Asda" was the headline on a bleak Monday in January 2006, but we bring you the real story, from both sides. Ricky Watts, is now a retired career criminal and the former boss of the Walthamstow based Organised Crime group. Ricky and his partner in crime Sean Docherty, masterminded and executed what was at the the time the largest unarmed cash robbery in UK history, but the £862,000 the OCG had got their hands on, was to be short lived as Detective Superintendent

Jason Hendy from London's metropolitan police robbery unit better known as the Flying Squad was put in charge of a two year undercover operation that would bring down Ricky Watts and his gang. Watts, and Hendy also now in retirement, have gone on to have a underlying respect for each other, as they share the strange paradox that the biggest job of both of their careers is one of the same. Then born out of that respect we asked the question "would they meet on camera?' - they agreed.

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Cast

Jason hendy | self

ricky watts | self

mark bannerman | narrator

Willm clegg | self

andy blith | shaun docherty

louis cruzat | david kayline

shaun docherty | self

tony bowers jnr | young ricky watts

trevor watts | ricky watts

darren westover | chopper watts gang

paul wilkinson | chopper watts gang

Crew

Mickey cornwell | Director | Writer | Producer

Steve organ | director of photography

andy kemp BFE | editor

marcel somerville | music

Simon Cheung | cinematography

sean poe | sound recordist

phil maher | gaffer

marielle velten | assistant camera

douglas bunnage-flavell | assistant editor

boyd nagle | colorist

louis anthony bowers | location manager

sasha bardoville | covid supervisor

tony fithon | firearms controller

maggie cornwell | Producer

marie cornwell | producer

Sean mortlock | producer