9 episodes
- George Powell is on the run from police, but trainee reporter Holly Morgan manages to track him down. She’s hoping he’ll finally reveal the truth about the missing coins, but George won’t make it easy.
As the pieces of treasure that have been recovered go on display in Herefordshire, the biggest question remains: with hundreds of coins unaccounted for, is the hoard gone for good – or is someone sitting on a fortune?
Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Contributors: Holly Morgan, Sarah Chedgzoy, Peter Reavill
Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Additional Research: Holly Morgan
Associate Producer: David James Smith
Producer: Aron Keller
Exec Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production - George Powell is on the run from police, but trainee reporter Holly Morgan manages to track him down. She’s hoping he’ll finally reveal the truth about the missing coins, but George won’t make it easy.
As the pieces of treasure that have been recovered go on display in Herefordshire, the biggest question remains: with hundreds of coins unaccounted for, is the hoard gone for good – or is someone sitting on a fortune?
Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Contributors: Holly Morgan, Sarah Chedgzoy, Peter Reavill
Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Additional Research: Holly Morgan
Associate Producer: David James Smith
Producer: Aron Keller
Exec Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production - George and Layton are jailed, but where are all the missing coins? Gareth Williams helps police bust a new coin-selling operation in Durham. Could these coins be from the Herefordshire hoard?
The mystery of the missing hoard is far from over.
Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Contributors: Holly Morgan, Simon Wicks, Dr Gareth Williams
Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Additional Research: Holly Morgan
Associate Producer: David James Smith
Producer: Aron Keller
Exec Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production - Four men stand in the dock, accused of trying to hide and sell a Viking hoard worth millions of pounds. But there’s no honour among thieves. As the trial unfolds, George and Layton’s defence – that the hoard never existed – starts to unravel.
Can justice recover what history has lost?
Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Contributors: Simon Wicks, Dr Gareth Williams, Kevin Hegarty KC
Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Associate Producer: David James Smith
Producer: Aron Keller
Exec Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production - The net tightens as police arrest George and Layton and search their homes. But when the missing treasure is nowhere to be found, investigators start to wonder: is the hoard even real?
Meanwhile deleted photos offer a new lead.
Narrator: Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Contributors: Tim Hoverd, Nigel Cleeton, Peter Reavill, Simon Wicks, Gareth Thomas, Dr Gareth Williams, Kevin Hegarty KC
Sound Design: Peregrine Andrews
Production Co-ordinator: Dan Marchini
Associate Producer: David James Smith
Producer: Aron Keller
Exec Producer: James Robinson
A BBC Studios Audio Production
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