Episodes
| Title | First Broadcast | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (Long, long) After the Gold Rush | 20230407 | 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 Where has the gold gone? The story behind a huge stash of gold coins, found on a demolition site in Belfast in 1969 |
| The Find | 20230403 | 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 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 |
| The Rush | 20230404 | 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 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 |
| Tragedy | 20230406 | 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 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 |
| Whose Gold? | 20230405 | 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 |