On 12 January 2012, ITV Studios announced it had commissioned a five-part drama, Mrs Biggs, to be based around the life of Biggs's wife Charmian, played by Sheridan Smith and Biggs by Daniel Mays. Mrs Biggs: Freya Stafford, Sheridan Smith, Adrian Scarborough, Daniel Mays, Claire Rushbrook, Tim Draxl, Tom Brooke, Alison Bell https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/sep/02/itv-jeff-pope-drama-mrs-biggs In the 1950′s Charmian Powell, daughter of a highly strict and upright father, meets petty crook Ronald Biggs. Her numerous television credits include Gavin and Stacey, Love Soup, Grownups, ITV1’s Benidorm, BBC 1’s Jonathan Creek, The Scapegoat, Dates, The 7:39, Inside Number 9 and ITV… Period drama series Mrs Biggs told the story of the Great Train Robbery and it’s aftermath from the point of view of Ronnie Bigg’s wife. The producer, whose award-winning work includes Cilla, Mrs Biggs and A Confession, is talking about a new peak-time ITV drama which is being shot this week at various locations around England. Biggs was released from prison on compassionate grounds in 2009. In a role that won her a BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, Sheridan Smith (Black Work) stars as Mrs. Charmian Biggs, naïve wife of one of the robbers, Ronnie Biggs (Daniel Mays, Line of Duty). He died in December 2013. The Royal Mail train from Glasgow to London has been hijacked, and a gang has made off with millions in cash. On August 8, 1963, Britain awakens to the news of the biggest robbery in the nation's history. The first episode of Mrs Biggs (ITV1) ended just as the Great Train Robbery was beginning, which is an indication of how thinly it intends to spread the jam through a subsequent four episodes. Despite the opposition of her parents the pair get married and Ronnie […] Where was the ITV drama Mrs Biggs filmed? Recent television projects have included ‘Care’ for the BBC and the ITV Primetime Drama ‘Cleaning Up’ aired in early 2019. It’s a very moving and emotional narrative, which Jeff has written beautifully,” said Laura. Mrs Biggs has been commissioned for ITV by Director of Drama Commissioning, Laura Mackie and Controller of Drama Commissioning Sally Haynes. Starring actors including Marsan, Sheridan Smith, David Threlfall and Robert Glenister , it will be screened over four nights from 4 May. Legging it: Daniel Mays as Ronnie Biggs, recreates the criminal's famous jailbreak scene in the new ITV drama, Mrs Biggs. “Mrs Biggs is the heartbreaking story of Charmian’s enduring love for Ron Biggs. The long-suffering wife of Ronnie Biggs, Charmian, has become the subject of a new five part ITV drama "Mrs Biggs". 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