“It was almost an unmakeable show.”“They have been buying the favour of the town,” says Whitwell.Former 7 Wonder creative director Duncan Coates takes on newly-created roleThey are pursued by 14 former police officers, led by ex-Met Police detective chief superintendent Sue Hill.
If they can successfully plan and execute a heist, and keep the loot hidden from a crack team of detectives for two weeks, it’s theirs to keep. Regional news paper The Northern Echo publishes ‘crime’ reports, while a group of local knitters called the Thirsk Yarnbombers decorate the show’s police station with the robbers’ emblem: the White Horse Bandits.There were 20 video feeds, 40 audio channels and five talkback units to keep communications going too.Shine has a pedigree of producing ambitious factual series but creative director Tim Whitwell says the scale of Sky’s ambition threw up fresh tests. There’s twists, turns, betrayal and friendships as cast members have to hide their share of the loot from a crack team of determined detectives.Series 2 of Sky One’s TV series The Heist TV features nine contestants as they attempt to work together in order to pull off a ‘heist’.Assistant producer Conor O’Donovan said of the selection process: “We will give a select number of people (in Thirsk) the opportunity to come across some treasure and they will have to take it and keep it hidden for a number of weeks from a team of expert investigators.It’s like a modern version of cops and robbers featuring both real-life people and actors, pieced together by Sky as one of their most entertaining reality TV series.Of course, applications for the current 2020 series are closed.
It was designed by The Handsome Chaps, which also designed the set of Hunted.A Yorkshire village might seem an unlikely location for a major crime – but it was the perfect setting for Sky’s new seriesO’Leary and the senior editors sit within the main production centre, which houses 32 live camera feeds and storyboards on the developments of all the characters.O’Leary is a former head of covert operations for the Met Police. And, applying for the next season isn’t a simple process. Only the show’s referee, Kevin O’Leary, and some senior editorial staff are privy to what is happening across the two teams.With productions halted and staff fighting effects of the virus, our DIY series for HGTV was a lifesaver, says Richard Osborne“The mixture of traditional filming techniques with emerging technologies such as 4G transmission and covert cameras has allowed us to push the limits of what is possible in this genre.”First up, we bought vans that blended into the environment. The show begins with a heist in which 10 people plan and execute the robbery of a parked van containing £250,000. Liam’s journalism experience covers everything from sport to health and fitness with companies such as Men's Health and HITC. The real test was filming the thieves without revealing their identities to the detectives or townsfolk. “The Heist is a high-stakes series observing how likeable, ordinary people cope in extraordinary circumstances,” he says.Phone and financial records are collected by O’Leary and handed over to the detectives if requested, replicating real-world agency co-operation with police investigations.One of the upsides of choosing a small town is that the community has really got into the spirit of the show, he adds. Meanwhile, a fleet of drones was at the ready to capture the thieves when they were arrested.The detectives have brought framed photographs of their children for their desks, the walls are plastered with police posters and certifications and a whiteboard is being used to map all the clues they have collected so far.Shine shot nearly 3,000 hours of footage in total. With Alecia Emerson-Thomas, Ray Howard, David Bolton, Sue Hill. Using modern policing techniques, they attempt to track down, arrest and charge those involved in the heist. But the heist is just the beginning. My Kitchen Rules is a British cooking show that first aired on Sky Living from 23 January to 27 March 2014 and then on Channel 4 from 3 October 2016 to 17 November 2017.
The 115-strong team on location is split into two and based at opposite ends of the town, following either the robbers or the detectives to avoid giving the game away. However, The Heist is less about evading the law but decieidng them.