Inside Men

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Television series
German title Inside Men
Original title Inside Men
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
year 2012
Production
company		 BBC
length 50 minutes
Episodes 4 in 1 season
genre Crime , drama
Director James Kent
idea Tony Basgallop
production Colin Wratten
music Paul Englishby
First broadcast Feb 2, 2012 (UK) on BBC One
German-language
first broadcast		 Feb 19, 2014 on RTL Crime
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Inside Men is a British crime - television series the BBC . In Germany, the series ran on RTL Crime in 2014 .

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Chris and Marcus have money problems. So they decide to steal money from the money deposit they work for. In the beginning everything went very well and the two made their first purchases. However, a little later they are caught stealing by their boss. He explains to them that he will not call the police if they return the money. He also proposes that they collectively steal 150 million pounds, all of the money in the depot.

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Inside Men was produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC One from February 2-23, 2012 . In the UK, the series was a huge hit. Around 4.7 million viewers saw Inside Men. The series had a market share of 18.1 percent. The script for Inside Men was written by Tony Basgallop , who is also known for his script for Hotel Babylon . Directed by James Kent . Ashley Walters , Steven Mackintosh and Warren Brown played the leading roles. In Germany, the series was broadcast on RTL Crime from February 19 to March 12, 2014. The German-language DVD edition was released on March 7th.

Episode list

No. German title Original title First broadcast in United Kingdom German language first broadcast (D) Director script
1 Part 1 Episode 1 Feb 2, 2012 19th Feb. 2014 James Kent Tony Basgallop
A robbery is shown at the beginning of the episode. A man is threatened with guns by some men and kidnapped. He is forced to drive his car to a money depot. It turns out he's the manager of the depot and his name is John Coniston. His wife and daughter are threatened with a gun at home. A company employee is knocked down, employee Chris is shot in the leg, while all other employees are forcefully forced to lie down on the floor. The bank robbers have huge amounts of money taken away. However, a member of the bank robber forgets his weapon. John Coniston cancels this. He points the found weapon at his co-worker Chris, who is lying on the ground. It seems like he wants to shoot this one. However, John is first knocked down by another bank robber and trapped together with his employees. Chris remains injured on the ground. The bank robbers take off their masks and disappear.

Little by little, flashbacks resolve how the robbery came about. Eight months before the robbery, the two employees Chris and Marcus have money worries. Chris wants to support his mother and his new girlfriend Dita financially. Marcus is deep in debt. Therefore both decide to steal money from the depot together. At first this seems to be going like clockwork. Chris and Marcus make the first purchases. Meanwhile, John and his wife adopt a baby girl.

Some time later, John discovers that there is a lack of money in the depot. He catches his co-workers Marcus and Chris stealing. John explains to them that if they give the money back, he won't call the police. Chris and Marcus agree. But John has another suggestion, a new bank robbery in which he and Chris and Marcus want to steal all the money in the deposit, 170 million British pounds.

2 Part 2 Episode 2 Feb 9, 2012 Feb. 26, 2014 James Kent Tony Basgallop
Six months before the bank robbery, John, Chris, and Marcus begin planning the robbery. They are looking for an auxiliary force for the bank robbery. Most of the money is in the depot in September. That would be the best time for the robbery. Meanwhile, Chris introduces Dita to his mother and explains that the two are expecting a child. However, Chris mother is hostile to Dita. He also introduces Dita to his father, who is in prison. This is enthusiastic. The businessman Kalpesh is said to be involved in the bank robbery. To gain his trust, Marcus leaves him 40,000 pounds that he had previously received from John. Marcus doesn't get the money back. So John, Marcus and Chris go to Kalpash together. John explains to him how he wants to handle the bank robbery. He gets the 40,000 pounds back and Kalpash joins the bank robbery. Meanwhile Gina finds out that her boyfriend Marcus is planning the robbery. From now on she wants to be informed about all events.

After the bank robbery, Marcus crawls into bed with his girlfriend Gina. She asks him how the bank robbery went. He says that something went wrong and Chris was injured and shot. But Marcus doesn't know from whom. He doesn't know whether Chris is dead either. Marcus is comforted by his girlfriend. The truck with the money meanwhile drives to a remote warehouse and the employees are released. Chris is brought to the hospital a little later. Dita is now heavily pregnant and worries about Chris. She visits him in the hospital. There the doctors explain to her that they do not know whether Chris will survive or wake up from his coma. Desperate, she calls Marcus and Gina, who come to the hospital immediately. John is questioned by the police first and then returns to his terrified wife. A little later, John meets with Kalpash who was involved in the bank robbery. John explains to Kalpash that one of his boys lost control and shot Chris. Also, according to John, if Chris survives, Chris becomes a problem. Some time later, Chris wakes up from his coma.

3 part 3 Episode 3 Feb 16, 2012 5th Mar 2014 James Kent Tony Basgallop
Six months before the robbery, Chris visits his mother. She ravaged her own apartment while intoxicated and believes her husband did it. She asks Chris to stay with her, but he explains that he has to do something and then returns. When Chris comes back to his mother, his mother is doing very badly. She choked on her own vomit. Chris doesn't intervene. He isn't back home until late at night with his girlfriend Dita. She explains to him that he first has to take care of himself and that he cannot always be there for his mother. Chris comes back to his mother a few days later and calls the hearse. Meanwhile, John flirts with his blonde colleague Sandra. Chris wants to get out of the bank robbery after his mother dies. He has a girlfriend he loves and he is expecting a child. He was also able to take over his mother's house. Marcus accepts Chris' exit. However, John is not very enthusiastic. John threatens Chris that he will expose the robbery of Chris and Marcus if Chris doesn't continue.

Meanwhile, Chris visits his father in prison. He tells him about the death of his mother and about his feelings of guilt. Gina and Marcus meanwhile get the masks for the robbery. Gina also wants a share of the booty as she helps plan the robbery. The crook Riaz is introduced as a new security guard in the depot. When he starts talking about Dita in front of Chris, Chris knocks him down. Chris goes to the police and wants to report a crime that is still being planned. What he says to the police is initially not mentioned. Meanwhile, John explains to Kalpash that Chris will likely be back soon. If Chris were there he would get his big share of the booty, if not he would be a victim. He would kill him himself. Chris reappears at Marcus and John's side a short time later.

After the robbery, Chris returns home. He's lost his leg and it's difficult to cope with. A little later, Dita and Chris have their son. John's wife Kirsty remembers a perfume worn by the person who threatened her with the gun. Gina visits Kirsty and John's daughter to find out how well they are and to ask John about the money. Kirsty recognizes Gina's perfume. She suspects that John is responsible for the robbery. When the criminal Riaz is arrested by the police, Kirsty wants John to leave. Your adopted daughter is not supposed to see John being arrested. John wants to get the money and lets Marcus know. Marcus also informs Chris without telling John about it

4th Part 4 Episode 4 23 Feb 2012 March 12 2014 James Kent Tony Basgallop
One month before the robbery, John and his team are rehearsing the approach to the robbery of the institute. Meanwhile, Chris whistles to the police about John, Kalpash and Riaz. Gina is now supposed to take part in the bank robbery and take John's wife and daughter hostage. Marcus doesn't want his girlfriend to participate. He hopes the robbery will be called off. However, Gina has other plans. As soon as she has agreed to take part, she wants to meet John's wife and daughter and she babysits John's daughter. A little later, Marcus and Gina get married. Chris tries to convince Marcus that he should call off the robbery. But Marcus doesn't listen to him. He promised Gina so much that he couldn't keep. So now he wants to offer her a good life. September 5th was supposed to be the day of the robbery, but John's wife is not home. Therefore, the robbery is postponed. John and Kalpash plan not to call Chris the day of the robbery. The new employee Rebecca checked Riaz and discovered that he has a criminal record. Rebecca fears that the depot will get into trouble with the insurance company. So she wants to fire Chris too. This has aroused suspicion by not doubling the police patrol as requested. John explains that he is giving this to Chris. Finally, the day of the bank robbery has come. John is kidnapped. Gina threatens John's wife and daughter with a gun. When Chris arrives at work, he realizes that he no longer has the code to be admitted to the depot. He learns that he has been fired. When he is threatened with a gun by the kidnappers and asked to open the safe, Chris cannot give them the code. He is shot. A little later, John aims the gun at Chris. However, he is knocked down by Marcus before he can harm Chris.

After the robbery, Kalpash is also arrested. Marcus and Chris come to the meeting point that Chris suggested. Chris knocks John down and locks him up. He explains to Marcus that he should go to the police. Marcus is supposed to tell the police that Kalpash and the others blackmailed and intimidated him and his wife. That was the only reason why he participated in the robbery. Chris will confirm any of Marcus' stories. Marcus decides to do the same and leaves without taking any of the money. Chris now wants to take revenge on John because he wanted to kill him. He threatens him with an iron bar, but in the end cannot harm him. John explains to Chris that he never cared about the money. Being rich wasn't important to him either. He didn't care if he was caught. He didn't want to be who he was anymore. Plus, he's wasted so many years being scared. Now he will never be afraid again, that was what he always wanted. He is no longer stopped by Chris. John brings the stolen money back to the depot. Meanwhile, Marcus and Gina travel and think about what to tell the police to justify their involvement in the robbery.

American remake

In August 2014 it was announced that an American remake of Inside Men was planned. The series inventor, Tony Basgallop , is to write the script for the remake together with Richard Price . The producers will be Hugh Fitzpatrick , Jane Tranter and Homelands Howard Gordon . The remake is slated to be a co-production by BBC Worldwide and Fox 21.

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b Peter White: BBC heist drama set for US remakeBBC heist drama set for US remake. . In: Broadcastnow.co.uk . August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Mike Hale: Television Review. Feathering the Nest With a Mask and a Plan. 'Inside Men,' a BBC America Heist drama. . In: Nytimes.com . June 19, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  4. ↑ Tim Oglethorpe: The inside job: Imagine there's £ 172 million in cash lying around at work ... A TV thriller shows what happened when three men couldn't resist the lure. . In: Dailymail.co.uk . January 28, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ Adam Arndt: Inside Men: RTL Crime shows British miniseries in February. . In: serienjunkies.de . December 23, 2013. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Alexander Gast: A miniseries worth seeing "Inside Men". . In: Tvspielfilm.de . Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  7. ↑ Daniela Sonders: DVD tip. The BBC hit series "Inside Men" offers great cinema on TV. . In: Foerdefluesterer.de . April 14, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  8. ↑ Tom Eames: Homeland's Howard Gordon to remake BBC heist drama Inside Men for US. . In: Digitalspy.co.uk . August 12, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.