Case 71 · Series 7, episode 1

The Great Train Robbery

First broadcast 7 January 2019. Plot solution deliberately omitted.

WriterJude Tindall
DirectorPaul Gibson
Research stateCase file + location evidence

Spoiler-light premise

A robbery aboard an opera star's private railway carriage becomes murder and leaves Lady Felicia and Mrs McCarthy as hostages.

What to watch for

The reconstruction of the stopped train exposes a family plot beneath the glamour of the Pullman setting.

Family secrets

Location evidence

This case carries explicit location links in the research catalogue.

  • Winchcombe Railway
  • Toddington Station
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