Armed & Dangerous

This is the inside story of Australia's rash of bank stick-ups, prison breakouts & major heists from the 1970s to the 1990s.

During these two decades, stick-up men were the kings of the underworld. If you did your banking after lunch on a Friday, the odds were high that you'd end up with a sawn-off shotgun in your face. A generation of bank workers – many young women – suddenly found themselves on the front lines of a wild war between the cops and the robbers. Incredibly, bank tellers were given guns, which only added to the danger and their psychological damage. 

Many of Australia’s greatest heists remain unsolved to this day. We hear first-hand tales from the cops, the robbers and the traumatised tellers caught up in this deadly arms race.

Armed and Dangerous uncovers the untold story of an extraordinary era. It's Bonnie & Clyde meets The Shawshank Redemption meets Oceans Eleven. A wild ride of nostalgia, action and surprising emotion.