A 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 Graham Producer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-White Sound Design and Composer Julian Corrie Actors Kenny Blyth, Peter Collins and Gavin Mitchell Story Consultants Graham Russell and Kirsty Williams Development and artwork by Sally Greig Lockwood Editorial Policy Matthew Eltringham Lawyer Rosalind McInnes Additional research by Elizabeth Ann Duffy and Anna Miles Executive Producer Elizabeth Clark Executive Editor Heather Kane-Darling Commissioning Editor Gareth Hydes
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It's Wednesday 3rd October 2007.
My dad is in the car park of a village pub.
He's sitting in his green Jag and he's waiting.
This is the time and place that's been agreed for the handover of the Madonna of the Yarn Winder.
He's there by himself.
He's got no backup.
This could play out in one of several ways.
The plan has always been that he would turn up with the huge wad of cash in the back of his car, he'd hand it over and get the painting in return.
That was the plan.
But this is big money, high stakes.
Anything could happen.
Maybe he's going to get a bullet in the back of the head.
I'm Olivia Graham and this is the missing Madonna.
Episode 5 the Handover after the meeting at Euston, things moved fast.
Dead fast.
Everyone wanted the deal done and the Peyton returned home as quick as possible.
A location was picked for the handover.
Not somewhere in town, but a place out of the city, a more controllable environment.
The fellas with the Peyton chose an out of the way pub and Robbie and his team agreed to the location.