The Missing Madonna

BBC Radio Scotland

A da Vinci painting is stolen in a daring heist at a Scottish castle. This is the incredible inside story of Britain’s biggest art theft and the search for a stolen masterpiece.

  • 28 minutes 54 seconds
    Bonus Episode - The van Gogh Return

    A criminal lurks in the dark. Watching. Waiting to return a priceless van Gogh. Olivia’s in Amsterdam to find out how a late-night meeting led Arthur Brand to a missing masterpiece.

    Writer, Producer and Presenter Olivia Graham

    Producer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-White

    Composer Julian Corrie

    Executive Producer Elizabeth Clark

    Executive Editor Heather Kane-Darling

    Commissioning Editor Gareth Hydes

    9 November 2023, 8:00 am
  • 33 minutes 37 seconds
    Episode 9 - Monti

    A whole new story of the theft of The Madonna of the Yarnwinder emerges. And Olivia comes to terms with how the da Vinci painting has shaped her life so far.

    25 August 2023, 7:45 am
  • 28 minutes 4 seconds
    Episode 8 - The Rise of the Silver Fox

    Startling new evidence comes to light in the case of the missing Madonna. And while the story looks to have been all wrapped up, Olivia comes across a new lead and the possibility of something she previously missed.

    25 August 2023, 7:35 am
  • 27 minutes 41 seconds
    Episode 7 - Waiting for John Craig

    The lives of the Graham family come crashing down. And revelations from Marshall Ronald and John Craig seem to seal their fate.

    25 August 2023, 7:30 am
  • 19 minutes 17 seconds
    Episode 6 - Robbie Graham's Long Dark Night

    A warning light, a nail-biting wait and an Act of God derail the team’s plans. But is it always darkest before the dawn?

    25 August 2023, 7:25 am
  • 16 minutes 51 seconds
    Episode 5 - The Handover

    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

    25 August 2023, 7:20 am
  • 27 minutes 54 seconds
    Episode 4 - Euston, We Have a Problem

    The plan to rescue The Madonna gets very real. Contact is made with the agent of Duke of Buccleuch and a crunch meeting brings Robbie and his team to the point of no return.

    25 August 2023, 7:20 am
  • 23 minutes 40 seconds
    Episode 3 - The Likely Lads

    The Madonna surfaces in Liverpool and two local PIs spot the opportunity of a lifetime. Robbie Graham and Jackie Doyle begin to bring together their team to get the painting back.

    25 August 2023, 7:15 am
  • 24 minutes 39 seconds
    Episode 2 - The Hunt

    As the news breaks of the daring heist, police and press descend upon Drumlanrig Castle. Despite the attention of the media, the thieves get clean away. The painting disappears into the underworld. Will it ever be seen again?

    25 August 2023, 7:05 am
  • 19 minutes 10 seconds
    Episode 1 - The Heist

    The biggest single artwork theft in British history took place in 2003. Twenty years on, Olivia begins her quest to find out what really happened to The Madonna of the Yarnwinder.

    25 August 2023, 7:00 am
  • 1 minute 40 seconds
    Introducing The Missing Madonna

    From a Scottish Castle to a Merseyside boozer, via the FBI’s most-wanted list, this is the incredible story of a missing masterpiece.

    18 August 2023, 9:02 am
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