The Missing Madonna

From a Scottish Castle to a Merseyside boozer, via the FBI’s most-wanted list, this is the incredible story of a missing masterpiece.

The biggest single artwork theft in British history took place in 2003. Twenty years on, Olivia begins her quest to find out what really happened to The Madonna of the Yarnwinder.

As the news breaks of the daring heist, police and press descend upon Drumlanrig Castle. Despite the attention of the media, the thieves get clean away. The painting disappears into the underworld. Will it ever be seen again?

The Madonna surfaces in Liverpool and two local PIs spot the opportunity of a lifetime. Robbie Graham and Jackie Doyle begin to bring together their team to get the painting back.

The plan to rescue The Madonna gets very real. Contact is made with the agent of Duke of Buccleuch and a crunch meeting brings Robbie and his team to the point of no return.

A man sits nervously in a car. Will he get The Madonna back, or a bullet in the head? Olivia pieces together the most critical moment in the plan to rescue the painting.

Writer, Producer and Presenter Olivia Graham

Producer and Writer Emily Esson and Jack Kibble-White

Sound Design and Composer Julian Corrie

Actors Kenny Blyth, Peter Collins and Gavin Mitchell

Story Consultants Graham Russell and Kirsty Williams

Development and artwork by Sally Greig Lockwood

Editorial Policy Matthew Eltringham

Lawyer Rosalind McInnes

Additional research by Elizabeth Ann Duffy and Anna Miles

Executive Producer Elizabeth Clark

Executive Editor Heather Kane-Darling

Commissioning Editor Gareth Hydes

A warning light, a nail-biting wait and an Act of God derail the team’s plans. But is it always darkest before the dawn?

The lives of the Graham family come crashing down. And revelations from Marshall Ronald and John Craig seem to seal their fate.

Startling new evidence comes to light in the case of the missing Madonna. And while the story looks to have been all wrapped up, Olivia comes across a new lead and the possibility of something she previously missed.

A whole new story of the theft of The Madonna of the Yarnwinder emerges. And Olivia comes to terms with how the da Vinci painting has shaped her life so far.