Podcast
The Missing Madonna
Hosted by BBC Radio Scotland · EN
A da Vinci painting is stolen in a daring heist at a Scottish castle. This is the incredible inside story of Britain’s biggest art theft and the search for a stolen masterpiece.
10episodes
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Bonus Episode - The van Gogh Return
Nov 9, 202300:28:54Tap to summarizeA criminal lurks in the dark. Watching. Waiting to return a priceless van Gogh. Olivia’s in Amsterdam to find out how a late-night meeting led Arthur Brand to a missing masterpiece.Writer, Producer and Presenter Olivia GrahamProducer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-WhiteComposer Julian CorrieExecutive Producer Elizabeth ClarkExecutive Editor Heather Kane-DarlingCommissioning Editor Gareth Hydes
Transcribe →Episode 9 - Monti
Aug 25, 202300:33:37Tap to summarizeA whole new story of the theft of The Madonna of the Yarnwinder emerges. And Olivia comes to terms with how the da Vinci painting has shaped her life so far.
Transcribe →Episode 8 - The Rise of the Silver Fox
Aug 25, 202300:28:04Tap to summarizeStartling new evidence comes to light in the case of the missing Madonna. And while the story looks to have been all wrapped up, Olivia comes across a new lead and the possibility of something she previously missed.
Transcribe →Episode 7 - Waiting for John Craig
Aug 25, 202300:27:41Tap to summarizeThe lives of the Graham family come crashing down. And revelations from Marshall Ronald and John Craig seem to seal their fate.
Transcribe →Episode 6 - Robbie Graham's Long Dark Night
Aug 25, 202300:19:17Tap to summarizeA warning light, a nail-biting wait and an Act of God derail the team’s plans. But is it always darkest before the dawn?
Transcribe →Episode 4 - Euston, We Have a Problem
Aug 25, 202300:27:54Tap to summarizeThe plan to rescue The Madonna gets very real. Contact is made with the agent of Duke of Buccleuch and a crunch meeting brings Robbie and his team to the point of no return.
Transcribe →Episode 5 - The Handover
Aug 25, 202300:16:51Tap to summarizeA man sits nervously in a car. Will he get The Madonna back, or a bullet in the head? Olivia pieces together the most critical moment in the plan to rescue the painting.Writer, Producer and Presenter Olivia GrahamProducer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-WhiteSound Design and Composer Julian CorrieActors Kenny Blyth, Peter Collins and Gavin MitchellStory Consultants Graham Russell and Kirsty WilliamsDevelopment and artwork by Sally Greig LockwoodEditorial Policy Matthew Eltringham Lawyer Rosalind McInnesAdditional research by Elizabeth Ann Duffy and Anna MilesExecutive Producer Elizabeth ClarkExecutive Editor Heather Kane-DarlingCommissioning Editor Gareth Hydes
Transcribe →Episode 3 - The Likely Lads
Aug 25, 202300:23:40Tap to summarizeThe Madonna surfaces in Liverpool and two local PIs spot the opportunity of a lifetime. Robbie Graham and Jackie Doyle begin to bring together their team to get the painting back.
Transcribe →Episode 2 - The Hunt
Aug 25, 202300:24:39Tap to summarizeAs the news breaks of the daring heist, police and press descend upon Drumlanrig Castle. Despite the attention of the media, the thieves get clean away. The painting disappears into the underworld. Will it ever be seen again?
Transcribe →Episode 1 - The Heist
Aug 25, 202300:19:10Tap to summarizeThe biggest single artwork theft in British history took place in 2003. Twenty years on, Olivia begins her quest to find out what really happened to The Madonna of the Yarnwinder.
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