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A BBC period drama centred around one of the most notorious train robberies in British history has been described as an 'authentic masterpiece' - and it's available to stream for free on U.
Starring Jim Broadbent, who is best known for his roles in Harry Potter and Bridget Jones, The Great Train Robbery was first released in 2013.
Since then, its retelling of the 1963 robbery of £2.6million from a Royal Mail train making its way from Glasgow to London has received rave reviews and has an impressive score of 7.3 out of 10 on IMBd.
To put the scale of the robbery into context, £2.6million in 1963 is the equivalent of £50million today.
The show's synopsis reads: 'A two-part drama which portrays The Great Train Robbery of 8 August 1963, firstly from the point of view of the robbers and then from the point of view of the police who set out to identify and catch the robbers.'
Part one stars lead robber Bruce Reynolds (Luke Evans) and his band of accomplices - Jack Roth (Charlie Wilson) and Buster Edwards (Neil Maskell).
Meanwhile, part two stars Jim Broadbent as Detective Chief Sergeant Tommy Butler, who went on a mission to bring the robbers to justice.
One viewer, who revealed that they were born just months after the robbery took place, described the film as an 'authentic masterpiece.'
A second praised on IMBd: 'The current film, a made-for-television miniseries in 2013, is probably the best screen adaptation of the heist. It presents the events in two parts.
'The first is from the point of view of the criminals, called A Robber's Tale, and the second from the view of the investigators, called A Copper's Tale.
'Both segments are equally compelling with outstanding actors showing us how the crime is viewed from different sides of the railroad tracks, so to speak.
'Two sets of casts are used for each segment, until the very end of the second segment, in which characters from both segments begin interacting.'
A third wrote: 'The second instalment is just as fascinating when you are given the opportunity to see the trail of clues the gang left behind them in the old farmhouse, even after "apparently" cleaning up!
'With a large cast consisting of some of the best of British male acting talent (female characters hardly get a look-in), painstakingly accurate set design, not to mention the actual train itself, the component parts were all there and waiting to be assembled into place.'
This is not the only series currently available to watch based on the 1963 robbery and Mrs Biggs can also be streamed on Netflix.
The crime drama is based on the true story of Charmian and Ronnie Biggs.
First broadcast on ITV back in 2012, it stars Sheridan Smith as Charmian and follows her journey from relative naivety to becoming the wife of the man involved in the notorious Great Train Robbery.
Already a petty criminal, it's not long before Ronnie convinces Charmian to join him in his illicit activities before the pair settle down into a more law-abiding married life.
But that all changes when he tells his wife about 'one last job' he'd like to complete - what would become the Great Train Robbery of 1963.
The show's writer and executive producer Jeff Pope stressed that the story is not romanticised, but a gritty interpretation of reality.
The Great Train Robbery is available to stream for free on U.