Hatton Gardens

[Sqad]

Enjoyable series...well acted....natural....not sensational or OTT.
Perhaps a little thin on information and facts..but well done ITV

[Tilly2]

Did they really leave a wheelie bin, full of the loot, outside a house for the night?

[Sqad]

LOL.....I don't know......but it was over a Bank Holiday weekend and it had been emptied the day before and it was their own wheelie bin.
Someone will know if that was fact or not ;-)

[Ken4155]

Enjoyed it too. Maybe a lot of 'poetic licence' in there, as we were warned at the beginning of each episode. Just how much we'll never know for sure but, as i said on an earlier thread, i congratulate ITV for resisting the temptation to glamorise the gang. They came across as inept and thoroughly abhorrent. Though to some, perhaps, they'll always be 'diamond geezers'. :-//

[Tilly2]

They are not exactly Robin Hood and his Merry Men are they?

[Sqad]

Ken...well written and I agree with every word.

[Tilly2]

I just can't get over how thin Timothy Spall is.

[jakep]

If the basic facts were portrayed correctly, Kenny was a BIG mistake.
I enjoyed the series too but thought the wheelie bin must have been part of the dramatic licence! Although there is the ‘hiding in plain sight’ thingy...

[Sqad]

Yes Tilly...that is what happens when fat people drastically lose weight....in many cases they look healthier when obese ;-)

[jakep]

Agree Tilly, he looked awful.

[Ken4155]

Sqad; diagnosed with type 2 in Oct '09 weighing in at 18 and a half stone. Lost 6 and a bit stone over next 18 months and was continually being asked, "Are you ok?". Regained about 2 and a bit stone now and folk say i look a lot better. Can't do right for doing right :-//

[Sqad]

Ken...LOL...we can't do right for doing wrong, but well played in the weight loss stakes.
I gather that you are still on tablet medication for your diabetes?

[Ken4155]

Just had a quick read of some of what actually took place and it would appear that the wheely bin hiding place did occur. John Collins, or 'Kenny' also had £700,000 in his bank account and a £175,000 flat on the Costa Del Sol - where else :-) - both of which were seized. As Anne Robinson would say, "Kenny, you are the weakest link, goodbye."

[Ken4155]

No mediaction, now, for the Diabetes Sqad. Started on 4 Metformin per day, down to 3, 2, 1 then none. Monitored on a 6 monthly basis (just had bloods done last week) and still managing to control it through diet and regular exercise. Though they did find some e-coli in my blood last week - hopefully currently being remedied by 5 days on Amoxyicillin.

[Sqad]

Ken...that is excellent.

[Sqad]

"Though they did find some e-coli in my blood last week ."

I hope that was a mistype and you meant in your urine......

[Ken4155]

Yes, LOL LOL. In my urine. LOL.

[Sqad]

;-)...;-)

[Gizmonster]

I watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it as well.

Much better than the previous show I watched, "Cleaning Up", which just got silly, far-fetched and way over the top, as the show went on.

As each episode began, I was always thinking, "I hope this doesn't end up going OTT like the previous show" ..... thankfully it didn't :)

[237SJ]

I gave up part way through the first episode. I would have liked some of the human part of the story - how they knew each other, the lead up and plotting of the robbery but it launched straight into a lot of blokes muttering to each other in vans and I found it a bit boring. Shame as I`d set to record the series but cancelled it.

[Rosie29]

There is a documentary on ITV tonight 9pm with police interviews and surveillance footage and the first TV interview with Kenny Collins the (rather hopeless !) lookout.