Hot Money

Caroline Quentin plays a cleaning lady who works in the Bank of England and has a plan to steal money from the incinerator where old notes are decommissioned. As is customary in heist dramas, things go well at first and then start to go awry. Despite the cliches of the genre, the direction and humour of this movie is refreshing and holds viewer attention well. Throughout the movie there is a subtle battle of the sexes going on. The cleaners have to outwit the male security guards while at the same time trying to keep their husbands under control. In general, the male characters don't come off too well from the encounter. It is all good natured though, rather like the comedy series Men Behaving Badly, in which Quentin also stars.

Another great British drama which was based on a true story. A gripping plot and interesting story line makes this a great drama to watch, especially if you are going to rob the Bank Of England! :-) .I hope ITV will keep making such great dramas of this caliber!

Well done! 10/10 definitely well deserved!

Amazing that it's based on a true event and if the burning cash was used to heat a boiler it must be the world's most expensive heating system.

It kept my attention all the way through from start to finish and included actors or actresses from Coronation Street, Eastenders and Detectorists so a good cast.

An ingenious way of nicking cash that was going to be burned so as the robbers claimed it was actually a victimless crime. As always in a heist film it's difficult not to go on an attention attracting spending spree.

Not many reviews so far but it's recently been shown on TPTV in the UK if anyone wants so watch it. It is worth a watch so sse it if it comes on again.

Three low-level employees at the Royal Mint -- a couple of them cleaners -- figure out how to steal money that is scheduled to be destroyed.

It's based on the Loughton incinerator thefts, in which that very thing happened. It's an ITV movie, with a fine little cast, including Caroline Quentin as the ringleader, and Georgia McKenzie as one of her confederates. The copy I looked at wasn't very good -- it was derived from a taped version, and the colors were muddied, but it's a cleverly done piece of work.

I watched this movie on TV (in Canada) because it's advertised storyline seemed to be the same as a currently playing movie, "Mad Money" (with Diane Keaton & Queen Latifah). It was much more enjoyable than I expected it to be. It is a real relief from all the super-hi-tech heist movies of today.

Some people deplore the depiction of crooks as heroes, but that's what heist movies do--make you cheer the bad guys and boo the good guys. If you don't want to do that, don't go. I think it just shows how easily we can change our view of good and bad. And this film does a masterful job. The characters are real, serious, funny, sympathetic.

Now, I can't wait to see "Mad Money" and compare the two: old & new, black/white & color, TV movie & screen movie, British & American.