Timeline

1929	8 Aug	Ronald Arthur Biggs is born in Lambeth, south London. Son to Henry Jack and Lillian Edna (née Clayton) Biggs. Brother to Jack, Victor, Terry and Iris.
		Lived in Dalyell Road, SW9, close to what is now the O2 Brixton Academy.
1936		Biggs family moves around the corner from Dalyell Road to 30 Kimberley Road, SW9. Biggs goes to school in Lingham Street.
1939	17 May	Charmian Powell, the future Mrs Biggs, is born.
1940-42		Due to World War II and the Blitz, Biggs is evacuated from London to Coombe-in-Teignhead in Devon and Delabole in Cornwall.
		He returns to London in 1942. Biggs goes to Stanley Street School and Brixton School of Building.
1943	May	Biggs’ mother, Lillian, dies at the age of 53 from a duodenal ulcer. Biggs is 13.
1945	9 Feb	Biggs’ first court appearance at Lambeth Juvenile Court at the age of 15. The charge is stealing a pen refill and eraser of 1/2d value from a shop display.
	8 June	Second appearance at Lambeth Juvenile Court for stealing four radio valves and an eggcup. Bound over for 12 months and find £1. Discharged.
	16 Nov	Third appearance at Lambeth Juvenile Court for stealing his brother’s watch. Bound over for a further 12 months and fined £1.
1947	May	Biggs enlists in the Royal Air Force. Signs on for eight years as a regular and four years in the reserves
		Posted to Cardington and then Melksham in Wiltshire. Finally to RAF Halton close to Aylesbury. At Halton does a cookery course.
1949	8 Feb	First court appearance as an adult at County of London Sessions.
	17 Feb	First prison sentence – sentenced to six months for shop breaking, housebreaking, stealing and using a false ID card. Dishonourable discharge from the RAF.
	26 June	Released from Wormwood Scrubs.
	28 July	Sentenced to three months in Wormwood Scrubs at the North London Magistrates Court for ‘taking and driving away a motor vehicle’.
	26 Sep	Released from Wormwood Scrubs.
	30 Nov	Sentenced to Borstal training after being found guilty at Essex Quarter Sessions for shop breaking and stealing.
1950	21 Mar	On trial at the Old Bailey for the first time for robbery of jewellery and money, and being armed with an offensive weapon.
	28 Mar	Sentenced to three years and six months on “special watch” as an A list prisoner.
1952	19 Aug	Released from HMP Lewes. Meets up with Bruce Reynolds.
1953	24 Mar	Found guilty at Country of London Sessions for garage breaking and stealing a motorcar.
	30 Mar	Found guilty at Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions for house breaking and stealing a bottle of sherry valued at 18 shillings.
		Concurrent sentences of three years from Country of London Sessions and four years from Buckinghamshire Quarter Sessions.
1954		Transferred to HMP Dartmoor.
1955	13 Dec	Released from HMP Dartmoor. Goes to live in Merstham, close to Redhill in Surrey.
1956	15 June	Two-year probation order at Surrey Appeals after being charged for stealing paint and a bike. Starts work as a carpenter on building sites in Redhill.
1957	Oct	Meets the 17-year-old Charmian Powell, the future Mrs Biggs, on the train between Redhill and London.
	20 Dec	Elopes with Charmian to Swanage, Dorset.
1958		Arrested in Swanage with Charmian and Michael Haynes
	1 April	Sentenced to 12 months at Dorset Quarter Sessions for ‘taking and driving away a motor vehicle’. Charmian and Michael Haynes receive suspended sentences and probation.
	25 April	18 months added to sentence by Surrey Appeals under probation order for stealing paint and a bike in 1956. Biggs transferred from HMP Dorchester to HMP Norwich after one month. Builds a new roof for HMP Norwich extension.
1959	July	Transferred from HMP Norwich to HMP Wandsworth.!
	2 Dec	Released from HMP Wandsworth. Moves to Elm Road, Redhill with Charmian.
1960	20 Feb	Marries Charmian Powell at Reigate Register Office
	23 July	Nicholas Grant Biggs born at Redhill County Hospital. Moves to 37 Alpine Road, Redhill.
1962		Biggs sets up a building business with Ray Stripp in Redhill.
1963		THE YEAR OF THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
	24 Mar	Christopher Dean Biggs born at Redhill County Hospital. Biggs plans to buy Alpine Road.
	June	Biggs asks Bruce Reynolds for the loan of £500. First time Biggs hears of the train robbery. Reynolds along with his wife and son visit Biggs at home and he is invited to be part of what will become the Great Train Robbery.
		Biggs introduced to Gang at Roy James’ flat in Nell Gwynn House, Chelsea. Voted on to job.
		Biggs takes Peter, the train driver, to Euston to check on the trains.
	5 Aug	Bank Holiday Monday. Biggs takes his family to Brighton. A £10 bet on the horses wins him over £600, but bookie has £500 limit (£8,500 in 2011 values).
	6 Aug	Biggs and Peter travel by train from Redhill to meet Reynolds at a café in Wilton Road, next to Victoria Station for breakfast.
		Group from Victoria arrive at Leatherslade Farm mid-morning in one Land Rover.
		Robbery postponed for 24 hours.
	7 Aug	Biggs’ brother Jack has died overnight. Charmian calls Redhill Police Station and asks the police to look for Biggs who is “tree felling in Wiltshire.” The call is logged.
	8 Aug	1.00am - GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY – RONALD BIGGS’ BIRTHDAY. Gang leaves Leatherslade Farm dressed as an army detail on night manoeuvres.
		2.00 am - Gang arrive at Bridego Bridge (Bridge 127).
		3.00 am - Bruce Reynolds warns the gang that the train is arriving having passed through Leighton Buzzard. Night Flyer, Up Postal stopped at Sears Crossing at 3.03 am, 38 miles north of London’s Euston Station.
		3.14am - Engine and HVP carriage detached from the rest of the train and moved south to Bridego Bridge.
		Biggs takes Peter to sit in Land Rover and watch the rest of the robbery unfold.
		3.40am - 40 minutes after stopping the train at Sear’s Crossing, and 24 minutes since stopping at Bridego Bridge, Reynolds calls a halt
		4.35am - Gang arrive back at Leatherslade Farm at around 4.40 am. It takes Reynolds, Biggs and Mr Two three hours to unpack the money.
		The take of the Great Train Robbery at 2011 sterling rates is over £44 million. Money split into 16 equal “whacks” of £147,000 (approximately £2.5million in 2011 rates).
		Morning BBC Radio news report quotes the police as saying that they are certain the train robbers are still in the area.
		Biggs leaves Leatherslade Farm with Reynolds in an Austin Healey. Farewell between Reynolds and Biggs at Biggs’ house in Redhill.
		Leatherslade Farm has been abandoned.
	13 Aug	Leatherslade Farm is discovered by PC John Woolley.
	14 Aug	First arrests.
	24 Aug	Inspector Basil Morris and Sergeant Church visit Biggs at Alpine Road in Redhill looking for Reynolds.
	4 Sept	Biggs arrested at Alpine Road by Detective Inspector Frank Williams. Taken to Scotland Yard where Butler questions him. Transferred to Aylesbury.
	5 Sept	Biggs is formally charged at Linslade Magistrates Court. Sent to HMP Bedford.
1964	20 Jan	Opening of Great Train Robbery trial at the District Council Chamber in Aylesbury.
	6 Feb	Retrial of Biggs ordered after Inspector Basil Morris lets slip that Biggs has served time in prison.
	8 April	Opening of Biggs’ retrial.
	14 April	End of second trial. Guilty verdict on Biggs.
	16 April	BIGGS SENTENCED TO CONCURRENT SENTENCES OF 30-YEARS (10,957 DAYS) AND 25-YEARS
		Biggs transferred to HMP Lincoln.
	May	Biggs transferred from HMP Lincoln to HMP Chelmsford.
	10-14 July	Appeals heard at the Old Bailey in London. Biggs transferred to HMP Wandsworth to serve his sentence. He meets Paul Seabourne.
1965	7 July	Original E(scape) Day. Delayed due to rain.
	8 July	2.30 pm - BIGGS ESCAPES FROM WANDSWORTH AT 3.05 PM. Eric Flower escapes with Biggs from E Yard along with Robert Anderson and Patrick Doyle.
	16 Aug	Seabourne arrested and sentenced to four and a half years for helping Biggs to escape.
	July – Oct	Biggs and Flower are hidden in Bermondsey, Camberwell, Putney/Richmond and Bognor Regis.
	Oct	BIGGS LEAVES THE UK. Biggs taken to Tilbury Docks with Flower and is put on a boat to Antwerp. Travels as sports master “Ronald King”. Met in Antwerp and driven to Paris.
	Oct – Dec	Paris. Biggs and Flower based in Rue Vivienne. Biggs and Flower undergo plastic surgery.
	22 Dec	Charmian and children visit Biggs in Paris for Christmas.
	29 Dec	Biggs flies from Paris to Sydney via Zurich as “Terence Furminger”, a writer born on 13 June 1928.
	31 Dec	“Terence Furminger” (Biggs) arrives in Sydney.
1966	Jan	Biggs and Flower set up home in Botany Bay, Sydney.
	Mar	After their mail is intercepted, Biggs and Flower move from Sydney to Adelaide. “Terence Forminger” becomes “Terence King”.
	14 June	Charmian, Nick and Chris land in Australia (Darwin) having flown BOAC from Zurich. Charmian travels as “Mrs Margaret Furminger”.
	July	Biggs family arrives in Adelaide after touring Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
	21 April	Farley Paul born in Glenelg Community Hospital in Adelaide.
	May	After receiving a warning the Biggs family move from Adelaide to Hibiscus Road in Melbourne.,“Terence King” becomes “Terence Cook”. Charmian becomes “Sharon”.
	Dec	Biggs family spends Christmas in Adelaide with the Flowers. By chance Biggs meets up with Mike Haynes in Melbourne.
1967	April	Anne Pitcher’s son-in-law, Max Phillips, tells the police that Terry King has a strong likeness to Ronnie Biggs. Flowers move from Adelaide to Melbourne after being questioned about ‘Terry King’.
	July	Biggs has a bad car crash in Melbourne that results in a broken jaw and teeth.
	16 Oct	Biggs’ photo broadcast on Australian television.
	17 Oct	FOURTEEN ARMED POLICE RAID THE BIGGS’ HOUSE IN MELBOURNE. Charmian arrested.
	Nov	Biggs moves in with Mike and Jess Haynes. Mike offers Biggs his passport.
1970	Jan	Biggs gets to meet up with Charmian for the first time since being discovered in Australia.
	5 Feb	Biggs boards RHMS Ellinis in Melbourne as “Michael Haynes”.
	7 Feb	BIGGS LEAVES AUSTRALIA AS RHMS ELLINIS SAILS FROM SYDNEY
	23 Feb	RHMS Ellinis docks in Panama.
	26 Feb	Biggs flies from Panama to Caracas.
	10 Mar	Biggs flies from Caracas to Rio de Janeiro.
	11 Mar	BIGGS LANDS IN RIO DE JANEIRO.
	Sept	Biggs takes a side trip to Buenos Aires to renew his visa.
1971	5 Jan	Biggs’ eldest son, Nicholas, dies in a car crash in Melbourne, Australia.
	Feb	News of Nicky’s’ death reaches Rio.
	April	Biggs rents his first apartment in Rio de Janeiro.
	July	Biggs meets Raimunda de Castro for the first time at the Bola Preta.
	8 Aug	10th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery
	Nov	Biggs talks with his friend Constantine Benckendorff about giving himself up.
	Dec	Benckendorff travels to London and meets with Colin Mackenzie.
1974	Jan	First contact with the Daily Express’ Colin Mackenzie.
	30 Jan	Mackenzie arrives in Rio. Biggs meets Mackenzie, Benckendorff and photographer Bill Lovelace in room 909 of the Trocadero Hotel.
	1 Feb	BIGGS IS ARRESTED IN RIO BY JACK SLIPPER. Biggs taken to the Federal Police Headquarters in the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro
	4 Feb	Det Chief Inspector Jack Slipper and Det Inspector Peter Jones return to London without Biggs.
	7 Feb	Biggs is transferred from Rio to a prison in Brasilia.
	10 Feb	Charmian arrives in Brasilia.
	16 Feb	Biggs and Charmian forced to “hold” a press conference after the press are allowed into their private meeting.
	April	Family Court confirms paternity of Raimunda’s expectant child.
	6 May	Biggs is transferred from Brasilia to Rio and ‘released from custody’.
	16 May	Charmian, Chris and Farley arrive in Brazil.
	5 June	Charmian, Chris and Farley return to Australia.
	16 Aug	Michael Fernand Nascimento de Castro Biggs born in Rio de Janeiro.
	Jan	Biggs moves family to Sepetiba.
	Nov	International press discover Biggs in Sepetiba. He starts doing interviews for money.
1977	Feb	Piers Paul Read visits Rio to talk with Biggs about the book and the German connection.
	15-17 April	HMS Danae incident.
1978	Feb	Steve Jones and Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols, along with manager Malcolm McLaren, visit Brazil. Biggs records and films with the Sex Pistols.
	30 June	Sex Pistols’ “No One Is Innocent (A Punk Prayer)” is released with Biggs singing lead vocal.
1979	Feb	British Leyland poster campaign for the Mini bears the legend: “Nips In & Out Like Ronald Biggs”
	April	First failed kidnap attempt on Biggs by John Miller, Fred Prime and Norman (“Norrie”) Boyle.
	8 Aug	Biggs’ 50th birthday.
1980	15 May	Release of the Sex Pistols’ “The Great Rock & Roll Swindle”, directed by Julien Temple.
1981	Feb	Biggs moves from Santa Teresa to an apartment in Botafogo. Albert Spaggiari visits Biggs in Rio and interviews him for French TV.
	9 Mar	Biggs agrees to be interviewed by Patrick King of National Geographic
	16 Mar	BIGGS KIDNAPPED IN RIO. Biggs kidnapped at Roda Viva restaurant and flown by a private plane from Rio to Belem and put on the yacht Nowcani II.
	24 Mar	Biggs is landed in Barbados, where he is arrested.
	5 April	Biggs’ first hearing before a magistrates’ court.
	23 April	Appeal hearing in front of two judges from the Barbados High Court.
	24 April	Case dismissed. Biggs is a free man and returns to Rio from Barbados forty days after being kidnapped.
	May	Birth of A Turma do Balão Magico (Magic Balloon Gang) with Mike, Simony and Toby.
1982		Release of first Turma do Balão Magico album.
	Dec	Turma do Balão Magico Christmas show at Maracanã Stadium.
1983	17 Feb	Biggs’ meets The Police back stage at the group’s Rio concert in Maracanãzinho. Turma do Balão Magico given its own morning show by TV Globo.
	8 Aug	20th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery.
1984	Feb	Biggs buys an apartment for Mike at 470 Rua Monte Alegre in Santa Teresa. Filming of Long Time No See Ronnie for Japanese TV.
	April	Opening of Crepúsculo de Cubatão nightclub.
1985	Jan	Biggs and Mike move into Santa Teresa apartment.
	July	Biggs holds a party to celebrate 20 years on the run. Charmian, Raimunda and Ulla are all present.
1986	June	TV Globo cancels Balão Magico TV show and replaces it with Xou de Xuxa.
		Biggs meets Polish film director Lech Majewski. Biggs and Majewski start work on the screenplay for “Prisoner of Rio”.
1987	July	Cameras role on “Prisoner of Rio”. Cast includes Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth and Desmond Llewelyn.
1988	Feb	Charmian visits Biggs in Rio along with Chris and Farley.
	21 April	Farley celebrates his 21st birthday in Rio with Biggs, Charmian and Chris.
	12 May	“Prisoner of Rio” is screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
1990	July	Paul Seabourne visits Biggs in Rio.
	27 July	Arrest Warrant issued for Biggs at Bow Street Magistrates Court.
1991	Jan	In Rio to perform at Rock in Rio 2, Happy Mondays visit Biggs accompanied by Piers Morgan who is covering the festival for The Sun.
	April	Bruce and Nick Reynolds visit Biggs in Rio. Die Toten Hosen visit Rio and record “Carnival in Rio (Punk Was)” and “Police on My Back” with Biggs.
1992		Record producer Gus Dudgeon and his wife Sheila visit Biggs. They become firm friends.
	16 Aug	Mike Biggs’ 18th birthday. Stepbrother Chris is present.
	Oct	Biggs decides to write his autobiography. Christopher Pickard, a friend, writer and journalist based in Rio, agrees to help.
1993	Mar	Biggs starts work proper on his autobiography, Odd Man Out.
	June	Jack Slipper visits Biggs in Rio for the Sunday Express.
	8 Aug	30th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery. “When I’m 64″ – Biggs’ 64th Birthday.
	Oct	Biggs completes the manuscript to Odd Man Out.
1994	21 Jan	Biggs publishes his autobiography, “Odd Man Out”. A best seller for Bloomsbury.
1995	4 Feb	Biggs and Mike visit the Rolling Stones backstage at Maracanã Stadium. Biggs breaks his leg. Uri Geller visits Biggs in Rio. Biggs asks him to heal his leg.
	18 July	UK and Brazilian Foreign Secretaries, Malcolm Rifkind and Luiz Felipe Lamprea, sign a new extradition treaty between the UK and Brazil.
1996	12 Jan	Ursula ‘Ulla’ Margarita Sopher, Biggs’ long time girlfriend, dies in her sleep.
	May	Biggs addresses the Young President Organisation in Manaus
1997		Charmian visits Biggs in Rio en route back to Australia from a trip to the UK.
	14 Aug	New extradition treaty between Brazil and UK becomes law.
	29 Oct	Foreign Secretary Jack Straw officially asks Brazil to extradite Biggs.
	12 Nov	Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects a request by the British Government to extradite Biggs.
1998	Feb	Unidos do Porto da Pedra samba school honours Biggs at Rio ‘s carnival with Samba no pé e mãos ao alto, isto é um assalto.
	16 Mar	Biggs suffers a stroke.
	Dec	Roy ‘Pretty Boy’ Shaw visits for Christmas.
1999		Biggs becomes a grandfather after Chris’ wife gives birth to a daughter.
	8 Aug	70th Birthday Celebrations. Bruce Reynolds and his son Nick join Biggs in Rio.
	15 Sep	Biggs suffers second stroke.
	22 Sep	Biggs suffers third, far more serious stroke, which leaves him without speech. Biggs attempts suicide.
2000	22 Jan	Birth in Rio de Janeiro of Ingrid, daughter of Mike and Veronica.
	July	Mike launches RonnieBiggs.com and RonnieBiggs.co.uk, backed by Brian Running.
2001	25 Jan	Biggs poses with two lingerie models wearing plastic police hats.
	8 Mar	Kevin Crace makes first contact with The Sun about Biggs’ possible return to the UK.
	16 Mar	Mike Biggs visits The Sun with Kevin Crace and Nick Reynolds. Mike meets with Graham Dudman, The Sun’s Assistant News editor, and Crime Editor Mike Sullivan.
	6-13 Apr	Initial deal struck and negotiated with The Sun for Biggs return. A mid-May date considered.
	1 May	The Sun moves the date of Biggs return forward in fear that other papers have got hold of the story. Mike Sullivan briefs John Coles, head of the Flying Squad.
	2 May	Biggs moved to safe house in Barra owned by Diamond Dayne Henry.
	3 May	News of Biggs imminent return breaks in the global media in a Sun world exclusive.
	5 May	Biggs reunited with Bruce and Nick Reynolds in Rio.
	6 May	Biggs leaves Brazil on The Sun’s private plane that takes off from Rio International Airport.
	7 May	BIGGS RETURNS TO THE UK. Biggs had been on the run for 13,068 days.
		Taken to the hospital wing of HMP Belmarsh, Britain’s highest security prison. Biggs is given his old prison number from Wandsworth: 002731.
	2 June	Biggs collapses in Belmarsh and is rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital following a fourth stroke.
	28 July	First picture of Biggs in Belmarsh published.
	Aug	Lawyers file appeal papers with the Criminal Cases Review Committee.
	12 Aug	Biggs returned to Queen Elizabeth Hospital after losing a considerable amount of blood.
	21 Sep	Biggs taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for more tests.
	14 Nov	Biggs petitions the Belmarsh governor for early release on compassionate grounds.
	2 Nov	Biggs rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital after vomiting and passing blood.
2002	30 Jan	Criminal Cases Review Commission rejects an application to send Biggs’ case to the Court of Appeal.
	31 Jan	A two-hour, two-part documentary, “The Legend of Ronnie Biggs”, airs on Channel Five in the UK.
	10 July	Biggs marries Mike’s mother, Raimunda Rothen (54) at Belmarsh Prison.
	24 July	Mike Biggs granted British citizenship following the marriage of Biggs and Raimunda.
	25 June	Biggs back in hospital.
	8 Aug	40th anniversary of the Great Train Robbery.
	2 Oct	Appeal against sentence is thrown out by a High Court judge. Appeal called “hopeless” and “misconceived”. Mike announces plans to go to the European Court of Human Rights.
2004	6 Jan	Suspected heart attack sees Biggs return to Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
	9 Jan	Back at Queen Elizabeth following dehydration and vomiting caused by a chest infection.
	9 Aug	High Court bid to secure Biggs’ release on compassionate grounds.
	30 Aug	Biggs rushed to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for the fifth time.
2005	14 Mar	The 60-minute documentary “Ronnie Biggs: Last Escape?” airs on Sky One in the UK.
		Giovanni di Stefano becomes Biggs’ lawyer.
	14 June	Biggs’ solicitors write to Home Secretary Charles Clarke to ask for his release on compassionate grounds.
	24 Aug	After a long illness, Jack Slipper dies at the age of 81.
	26 Oct	Biggs’ appeal turned down by Home Secretary (Charles Clarke).
2007	28 June	Jacqui Smith takes over from John Reid as Home Secretary. Jack Straw replaces Lord Falconer as Secretary of State for Justice.
	4 July	Biggs is transferred from HMP Belmarsh to HMP Norwich on “compassionate grounds”. Biggs has been held in Belmarsh for nearly 74 months.
	10 Sep	Giovanni di Stefano issues an appeal asking for Biggs to be released.
2008	June	Biggs case submitted to the Parole Board.
	8 July	Media speculates that Biggs will be released on Valentines Day 2009 (14 February)
	8 Aug	45th anniversary of Great Train Robbery
2009	13 Feb	Biggs taken to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital for three days with pneumonia.
	23 April	Parole Hearing. Biggs applies for parole. Eligible for release on 3 July after he will have served one-third of his sentence.
	15 June	Parole Board recommends to Justice Secretary Jack Straw that Biggs be released, saying the risk of him reoffending is “manageable”.
	28 June	Biggs is taken to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital with a suspected broken hip and a chest infection.
	1 July	Biggs is refused parole by the Justice Secretary Jack Straw who says Biggs is “wholly unrepentant’. Biggs’ health deteriorates.
	2 July	Giovanni di Stefano demands a Judicial Review of Jack Straw’s decision.
	3 July	Biggs eligible for parole.
	17 July	Biggs transferred from hospital back to HMP Norwich.
	28 July	Biggs rushed back to Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital with severe pneumonia.
	30 July	Judicial Review granted by the High Court.
	6 Aug	Justice Secretary Jack Straw announces he will free Biggs on compassionate grounds.
	7 Aug	BIGGS IS A FREE MAN Biggs has served 3,875 days for his part in the Great Train Robbery out of a sentence of 10,957 days. He had spent 13,068 days on the run.
	8 Aug	Biggs 80th birthday. 46th Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery.
	17 Aug	Transfer from Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital to a nursing home in Barnet.
	Sep	Biggs starts work on updating his autobiography with his ‘ghost’ Christopher Pickard.
2010	8 May	Birth of granddaughter Lilly in London to Mike and Veronica.
	4 Dec	Biggs visits the Emirates Stadium to see Arsenal.
2011	Mar	Biggs has a potential cancerous growth removed from the top of his head.
	27 Mar	Biggs visits the Emirates Stadium to see Brazil beat Scotland.
	7 May	10th anniversary of Biggs’ return to the UK from Brazil.
	10 July	Biggs outlives the News of the World as the paper that covered so many of his exploits is published for the last time.
	Aug	Biggs completes the update of his autobiography with the help of Christopher Pickard.
	Nov	Biggs publishes his new autobiography, “Ronnie Biggs – Odd Man Out: The Last Straw”. Also relaunches this website www.ronniebiggs.com.
	17 Nov	Biggs launches autobiography to media at Shoreditch House in East London.
2012	5 Sep	ITV screens the first episode of Mrs Biggs. It runs for five episodes over five weeks. Ron offers to check the facts, but his offer is declined. Series is full of factual errors and pure fantasy.
2013	8 Aug	50th Anniversary of the Great Train Robbery / 84th birthday.

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