Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| (long, Long) After The Gold Rush | 20230407 | 20240701 (R4) | In the summer of 1969, weeks before the Troubles would ignite, children playing in the rubble of a demolition site struck gold! While searching for treasure hundreds, maybe thousands of gold sovereigns, hidden and forgotten years before, tumbled to the ground from a chimney stack. More than 50 years later, author Glenn Patterson visits the Lower Shankill Road to find out who the coins belonged to. Why were they hidden? And where are they now? Written and presented by Glenn Patterson Sound by Bill Maul Producer Sarah McGlinchey Executive Editor Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production for Radio 4 Where has the gold gone? The story behind a huge stash of gold coins, found on a demolition site in Belfast in 1969 Over half a century has passed since a hoard of gold coins was found in the remains of a tenement building in Belfast. Where are the coins now? Or have they been lost to time? |
| The Find | 20230403 | 20240603 (R4) | In the summer of 1969, weeks before the Troubles would ignite, children playing in the rubble of a demolition site struck gold! While searching for treasure hundreds, maybe thousands of gold sovereigns, hidden and forgotten years before, tumbled to the ground from a chimney stack. More than 50 years later, author Glenn Patterson visits the Lower Shankill Road to find out who the coins belonged to. Why were they hidden? And where are they now? Written and presented by Glenn Patterson Sound by Bill Maul Producer Sarah McGlinchey Executive Editor Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production for Radio 4 A child, a chimney and the discovery of a lifetime. The story behind a huge stash of gold coins, found on a demolition site in Belfast in 1969 1969. Young Billy Stevenson climbs the chimney of a half-demolished house. He's about to drop back down when he notices a tin box hidden in the brick. Could it be treasure? |
| The Rush | 20230404 | 20240610 (R4) | In the summer of 1969, weeks before the Troubles would ignite, children playing in the rubble of a demolition site struck gold! While searching for treasure hundreds, maybe thousands of gold sovereigns, hidden and forgotten years before, tumbled to the ground from a chimney stack. More than 50 years later, author Glenn Patterson visits the Lower Shankill Road to find out who the coins belonged to. Why were they hidden? And where are they now? Written and presented by Glenn Patterson Sound by Bill Maul Producer Sarah McGlinchey Executive Editor Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production for Radio 4 The Shankill speculates, in more ways than one. The story behind a huge stash of gold coins, found on a demolition site in Belfast in 1969 Prospectors by the busload arrive to dig through the rubble in search of more gold sovereigns. Billy Stevenson says he had them all, but a local historian tells a different story. |
| Tragedy | 20230406 | 20240624 (R4) | In the summer of 1969, weeks before the Troubles would ignite, children playing in the rubble of a demolition site struck gold! While searching for treasure hundreds, maybe thousands of gold sovereigns, hidden and forgotten years before, tumbled to the ground from a chimney stack. More than 50 years later, author Glenn Patterson visits the Lower Shankill Road to find out who the coins belonged to. Why were they hidden? And where are they now? Written and presented by Glenn Patterson Sound by Bill Maul Producer Sarah McGlinchey Executive Editor Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production for Radio 4 Summer is ending, and with it life in Belfast will never be the same. The story behind a huge stash of gold coins, found on a demolition site in Belfast in 1969 Just a fortnight after Billy Stevenson found treasure in July 1969 the Troubles erupted and headlines of the gold rush were replaced by ones of violence and terror. |
| Whose Gold? | 20230405 | 20240617 (R4) | In the summer of 1969, weeks before the Troubles would ignite, children playing in the rubble of a demolition site struck gold! While searching for treasure hundreds, maybe thousands of gold sovereigns, hidden and forgotten years before, tumbled to the ground from a chimney stack. More than 50 years later, author Glenn Patterson visits the Lower Shankill Road to find out who the coins belonged to. Why were they hidden? And where are they now? Written and presented by Glenn Patterson Sound by Bill Maul Producer Sarah McGlinchey Executive Editor Andy Martin A BBC Northern Ireland Production for Radio 4 Funds for a doomed rebellion or a family's forgotten savings? The story behind a huge stash of gold coins, found on a demolition site in Belfast in 1969 A rumour has persisted for 50 years about who owned the gold found in 1969, but as Glenn Patterson investigates he's stunned to find that it might have links to the United Irishmen |