Crime Next Door
4.5/5
Critic Rating
Gripping True Crime stories from neighbourhoods across the UK.Series 7. The Ballad of Big Mags A vigilante matriarch with dark secrets comes to regret stepping into the media spotlight.Previously on Crime Next Door:Series 1. An Assassin Comes to Town Gunshots kickstart an extraordinary tale of state terrorism. Series 2. Servants and Saints Exploring the story and allegations of a global religious group.Series 3. Death on the Farm After fifty years the community of Llangolman seek justice. Series 4. The Salisbury Poisonings Follow the public inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess.Series 5. The Golden Toilet Heist Exploring a story of art...
Critic Reviews
Score: 4
James Marriot • The Times UK • Apr 10, 2025
"(The Golden Toilet Heist Series) The Golden Toilet Heist is careful not to descend too glibly into mere slapstick (the jokes about “flushing the criminals out” and so on are kept to a merciful minimum). It doesn’t sound awfully brutal. And thank God for it. A cheerful listen in a grim week of news."
Score: 5
Fiona Sturges • Financial Times • Apr 6, 2025
"Delivered in bite-sized episodes — around 20 minutes apiece — the series is determinedly jolly in tone: think The Italian Job meets Wondery’s British Scandal series. The producers certainly sound as if they’re having a ball as they throw in layer upon layer of sound: revving engines, cars smashing through gates, sledgehammers hitting metal and, yes, flushing lavatories — all overlaid with a genteel classical soundtrack. Thanks to this smart, if busy, production, the heist itself has the feel of a Hollywood thriller. But questions still abound, the most pressing one being: what do you do with a gold toilet once you’ve stolen it?"
