Editing Great Train Robbery (1963) (section)

==Sources==

===Early books===
These books were written in the immediate aftermath of the 1964 trial and before the capture of several of the gang.
* ''The Great Train Robbery'' (1964) by John Gosling and Dennis Craig. The first book about the robbery, it relied on the real-life experience of John Gosling, a former policeman.
* ''The Robbers' Tale'' (1965) by Peta Fordham, first published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It told the story of the robbery only shortly after the conclusion of the initial trial. The author was the wife of one of the lawyers involved in the case. The book mostly involves a description of the trial. The author constantly hints that she knew more than she was prepared to write, yet it was written before most of the facts emerged.

===Biographies of investigators===
Books written by senior police in the early 1970s, after their retirement, chiefly present accounts of the investigation, capture, trial and recapture of the robbers.
* ''The Train Robbers'' (1964) by Malcolm Fewtrell (with Ronald Payne), first published in London by Arthur Barker Limited.
* ''A Detective's Story'' (1971) by George Hatherill, first published in London by Andre Deutsch Limited ({{ISBN|0-2339-6322-7}}) is part autobiography and part description on what makes a detective. Chapter 14, the last chapter of the book is dedicated to the Great Train Robbery the final major investigation before Hatherill's retirement.
* ''Specialist in Crime'' (1972) by Ernest Millen, first published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd ({{ISBN|0245505075}}). An autobiography. When he retired, Millen was Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Scotland Yard and Commander of the CID. A unique inside story of his career as a detective.
* ''No Fixed Abode'' (1973) by Frank Williams, first published by W. H. Allen & Co Ltd ({{ISBN|0-4910-0524-5}}). It tells the story of the aftermath of the robbery from Williams's point of view, in particular describing the mistakes made in the early days by senior officers, and the autocratic nature of Tommy Butler. The book is targeted at Ronnie Biggs in the hope that he will contact Williams for a deal, similar to the one arranged by Buster Edwards. The book mistakenly identifies Bill Boal as a robber (although it concedes his role was a support role), and it also mistakenly identifies Biggs as one of the leaders.
* ''Slipper of the Yard'' (1981) by Jack Slipper, first published by Sidgwick and Jackson Ltd ({{ISBN|0-2839-8702-2}}). This book is an autobiography of the police career of Jack Slipper, who had retired the year before as one of the best-known and most decorated detectives in the Metropolitan Police Force. It includes a chapter on his participation in the Train Robbery Squad hunting for the robbers, and has details on the arrests of Roy James, John Daly and Jimmy Hussey. It also has a chapter on the mission to recover Ronnie Biggs from Brazil and denounces the press version of events.

===Biographies of the robbers===
* ''Slip Up'' (1975) by Anthony Delano and first published by Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co. ({{ISBN|0-8129-0576-8}}).
* ''The Train Robbers'' (1978) by [[Piers Paul Read]] and first published by W.H. Allen and Company ({{ISBN|0-397-01283-7}}). This book recounts a very detailed version of the story based on an exclusive account given by eight of the then-paroled robbers (Edwards, Goody, Hussey, Wisby, Welch, James, White and Cordrey with contradictory versions by Reynolds and Biggs). Despite revealing more than previous accounts, the book is flawed in that it includes inaccuracies that the funding source for the heist was former [[SS]] officer [[Otto Skorzeny]]. As the story unfolds in the book, however, the German connection was proved to be false.
* ''Odd Man Out'' (1994) by Ronald Biggs, first published by Bloomsbury Publishing Limited ({{ISBN|0-7475-1683-9}}). This book is an autobiography of the life of Ronald Biggs, particularly his life on the run after the Great Train Robbery.
* ''Crossing The Line: Autobiography of a Thief'' (1995) by Bruce Reynolds, first published by Bantam Press ({{ISBN|1-8522-7929-X}}).
* ''Keep on Running'' (1996) by Ronald Biggs and Christopher Pickard, first published by Bloomsbury Publishing Limited ({{ISBN|0-7475-2188-3}}). This book is a novel that strongly draws on the events of the Great Train Robbery and suggests what may have happened to the three men who were never caught.
* ''Gangster's Moll'' – ''Living with a life of crime – from the Great Train Robbery to 'Mad' Frankie Fraser''. (2001) by Marilyn Wisbey, first published by Little Brown and Company ({{ISBN|0-3168-5208-2}}). This is an autobiography of the daughter of Tommy Wisbey. It includes details concerning how his share was hidden and later spent, and the effect of the life of crime on the families of the criminals.
* ''Killing Charlie'' (2004) by Wensley Clarkson, first published by Mainstream Publishing Co (Edinburgh) Ltd ({{ISBN|9781845960353}}). This book serves as a biography for the train robber, Charlie Wilson but was written 14 years after his death.
* ''Ronnie Biggs - The Inside Story'' (2009) Hardback book by Mike Gray, a family friend of Biggs and organiser of the Free Ronnie Biggs Campaign 2001–2009. The book tells of Biggs's prison life in Belmarsh and Norwich prisons, from his UK return in May 2001 to his release from Norwich on compassionate grounds in August 2009. Published by Apex, {{ISBN|978-1-908548-48-1}}.
* ''Odd Man Out: The Last Straw'' (2011) by Ronald Biggs, first published by Mpress Limited ({{ISBN|978-0-9570398-2-7}}). This book is the final autobiography of the life of Ronald Biggs, particularly his life on the run after the Great Train Robbery. It includes Biggs's return to the UK and subsequent release. Biggs also contributed, along with Bruce Reynolds, to ''The Great Train Robbery 50th Anniversary: 1963–2013'', published by Mpress in 2013. {{ISBN|0957255977}}.
* ''The Ronnie Biggs Quiz Book'' (October 2013) by Mike Gray, author of ''Ronnie Biggs - The Inside Story''. 200 quiz questions on Ronald Arthur Biggs, published for [[e-reader]]s by Apex, {{ISBN|978-1-909949-87-4}}.
* ''101 Interesting Facts on Ronnie Biggs & The Great Train Robbery'' (November 2013) by Mike Gray, published by Apex, {{ISBN|978-1-909949-97-3}}.
* ''The Great Train Robbery Quiz Book'' (December 2013) by Mike Gray, published by Apex.

===Retrospective accounts===
* ''The Great British Train Robbery'' (2003) by Tim Coates, published by Tim Coates in 2003, ({{ISBN|1843810220}}). Contains National Archives extracts from the report of Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary, which was submitted to the Home Office in 1964.
* ''The Great Train Robbery'' (2008) by [[Peter Guttridge (writer and critic)|Peter Guttridge]] ({{ISBN|9781905615322}}). Commissioned by the National Archives as part of a series, this small book brings together highlights from the Public Records Office, Historical Manuscripts Commission, Office of Public Sector Information and Her Majesty's Stationery Office and information from other books.
* ''The Men Who Robbed The Great Train Robbers'' (2013) by Mick Lee, published by Matador ({{ISBN|9781783062485}}). A novel re-telling the robbery filling in the gaps in accounts told by the robbers and police.
* ''Signal Red'' (2010) by Robert Ryan, published by Headline Review ({{ISBN|9780755358182}}). A novel based on the robbery with a postscript by Bruce Reynolds.
* ''The Great Train Robbery – History Making Heist'' (2011) by Brenda Haugen, published by Compass Point Books, a Capstone Imprint ({{ISBN|9780756543600}}). A novel based on the robbery with a postscript by Bruce Reynolds.
* ''The Great Train Robbery – Crime of the Century – the definitive account'' (2013) by [[Stewart Richards]] and Nick Russell-Pavier, published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Orion Books ({{ISBN|9780297864394}})
* ''The Great Train Robbery 50th Anniversary:1963–2013'' (2013) by Bruce Reynolds, Ronnie Biggs, Nick Reynolds and Christopher Pickard, published by Mpress ({{ISBN|9780957255975}}). The full story of the planning preparation and aftermath from the people involved in the robbery.
* {{cite magazine |last1=Pithie |first1=Fraser |last2=Cornwell |first2=Christopher |editor-last=Pigott |editor-first=Nick |date=August 2013 |title=The Great Train Robbery |url=http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/news/fireman-recalls-robbery |magazine=The Railway Magazine |location=Horncastle, Lincs |publisher=Mortons Media Group |publication-date=10 July 2013 |pages=49–53 |issn=0033-8923 |access-date=24 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225182700/http://www.railwaymagazine.co.uk/news/fireman-recalls-robbery |archive-date=25 December 2013 |url-status=dead }} Details of the story focussing on the railway aspects of the robbery.
* ''Keep on Running - A Story from the Great Train Robbery'' (1995/2014) by Ronnie Biggs and Christopher Pickard, published by Mpress ({{ISBN|9780992606275}}). A novel by Ronnie Biggs based on the three robbers that got away. The novel mixes fact with fiction. First published by Bloomsbury in 1995, it was published on Kindle for the first time on 8 August 2014 on what would have been Biggs' 85th birthday.

===Film and video===
* The 1966 German three-part TV mini series ''{{Interlanguage link|Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse|de}}'' tells a fictionalised version of the story more or less close to the facts, but changes the names of those involved and of locations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trainrobbery.de/en/gentlemen.html |title=Germany's contribution to the Great Train Robbery's fame |publisher=Trainrobbery.de |date=12 September 1965 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719095218/http://www.trainrobbery.de/en/gentlemen.html |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* The 1967 film, ''[[Robbery (1967 film)|Robbery]]'', is a heavily fictionalised version based on the events of 1963 directed by [[Peter Yates]]. The movie launched Yates's Hollywood career after it attracted the interest of [[Steve McQueen]] who got the British director to make his next feature, ''[[Bullitt]]''. The film featured a gripping car chase (though this was connected to another earlier crime and not the robbery) which included scenes of a policeman being run down. Despite being a fictionalised account ''[[Robbery (1967 film)|Robbery]]'' did draw on key details of the real robbery and these were reflected in the film. These included the detailed planning and preparation used, the use of a farmhouse as a base and the intended (but unsuccessful) use of a replacement driver for the train. The film ends with the mastermind of the robbery "Clifton", played by [[Stanley Baker]] (whose own company Oakhurst Productions had produced the film), evading capture and going on the run overseas by posing as a merchant seaman.
* The 1969 French film ''[[The Brain (1969 film)|The Brain]]'' stars [[David Niven]] as a British master criminal who perpetrates in France a heist based on the Great Train robbery. The script implies him to be the real planner of the 1963 robbery.
* Musician [[Phil Collins]] starred in the title role of ''[[Buster (film)|Buster]]'' (1988), a comedy-drama film loosely based on the life of Edwards with [[Larry Lamb (actor)|Larry Lamb]] as Reynolds.
* In 2012, a five-part [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[docudrama]], ''[[Mrs Biggs]]'', was produced, relating events chiefly from the point of view of Charmian Biggs, who assisted in the scripting and production. ITV concurrently produced a 44-minute documentary film, ''The Great Train Robbery'', written and directed by Marion Milne. Based on ''The Great Train Robbery – Crime of the Century – the definitive account'' (2013) by Nick Russell-Pavier, who also acted as programme consultant. Filmed at actual locations and featuring interviews with Charmian Biggs, Bruce Reynolds and other real-life participants.<ref name=ITV2012/><ref>Graham, Alison [http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sgmr4/the-great-train-robbery The Great Train Robbery] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114070139/http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/sgmr4/the-great-train-robbery |date=14 November 2012 }} at [[Radio Times]]</ref>