FIVE TONS OF CASH Brothers reveal the secrets of Britain's biggest cash heist. Directed & Produced by David Monaghan Co-produced by Pete Sawyer Based on the book Gotcha! The Untold Story of Britain's Biggest Cash Robbery, by Ronnie Knight, John Knight, Det. Supt. Peter Wilton with Pete Sawyer. THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO EAST END BROTHERS, JOHN AND RONNIE KNIGHT. Ronnie and Barbara Windsor outside pose for photos. RONNIE KNIGHT RAN CLUBS - BUT KEPT A LIFE OF CRIME SECRET FROM HIS MOVIE STAR WIFE. John Knight sits in car with sunglasses. HIS YOUNGER BROTHER JOHN MASTERMINDED BRITAIN'S BIGGEST CASH ROBBERY. Ron runs across road in Spain. RONNIE ESCAPED TO SPAIN WITH STOLEN MONEY AND DEFIED BRITISH JUSTICE FOR A DECADE. John contemplates pool table and smokes cigar. NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME, JOHN KNIGHT TELLS THE INSIDE STORY OF HOW HE STOLE FIVE TONS OF CASH. Pile of cash. John Knight at back projection of safe. John Knight: We didn't know it was gunna be this easy but it was. Robbers enter vault. TITLE STRAP: FIVE TONS OF CASH John Knight against backdrop of money. John Knight: It is nice to have money, plenty of money because you can buy anything, a new car, a lovely house, a villa abroad, an apartment, anything, with money. STRAPLINE: John Knight, Convicted armed robber. Music under - Tangerine. Exterior Fox Pub. Pan down Fox pub sign. Money is going into till in pub. Cabaret host singing song Tangerine. John Knight moves forward to dance inside Fox pub. IN 1983, BROTHERS JOHN AND RON KNIGHT WERE AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR SUCCESS. JOHN KNIGHT WAS A GARAGE OWNER MAKING MONEY ON THE SIDE FROM THE FOX PUB IN LONDON'S EAST END. Still shots and dancing with Diane. RONNIE KNIGHT'S CAREER AS A SOHO CLUB OWNER WAS BOOSTED BY THE FAME OF HIS WIFE. Ronnie Knight: Well 'cos my name was Ronnie Knight, I was married to Barbara Windsor, so that made me more famous. If I wasn't married to Barbara Windsor, no one would know, I'd be like anybody else. Rostrum: Knight wives Diane Knight and Barbara Windsor. THE BROTHER'S WIVES HAD BECOME FRIENDS. Diane Knight: Barbara was very good to me in her own way. We used to have a giggle, like mates have a laugh. Barbara from Carry On Camping exits door and runs down corridor. THE COUPLES SHARED HOLIDAYS AT VILLA LIMONAR, THE SPANISH LUXURY RETREAT RONNIE AND JOHN KNIGHT HAD BUILT TOGETHER IN 1974. Wide of villa on hill. Still of Ronnie and Johnnie. Still of Babs and Ron in water. John in basement of Fox. BUT THE WIVES DIDN'T KNOW THEIR HUSBANDS' HUNGER FOR THE GOOD LIFE IN SPAIN WOULD LEAD TO A SIX MILLION POUND ROBBERY. John Knight walks down stairs of cellar of Fox. Heist recreation with hostage to safe door. Guard twiddles combination. Vault hinge opens. THE INSIDE STORY OF BRITAIN'S BIGGEST CASH HEIST HAS BEEN BE A SECRET BETWEEN BROTHERS - UNTIL NOW. Into Fox pub. Band leader sings final bar of Tangerine. Exterior Fox pub night. THE KNIGHT FAMILY GREW UP IN HOXTON IN LONDON'S EAST END. STRAPLINE: Tom Mayo - Knight family friend. Tom Mayo: They was a known family, you know, no one could take a liberty with them. They was well liked. RONNIE GOT TO KNOW THE LOCAL GANG LEADERS. John Knight: As time went by my brother was very close to Ronnie and Reggie Kray. Ronnie Knight: Every night I used to go out with Ronnie and Reggie. IN 1958, RONNIE KNIGHT DROVE THE GETAWAY CAR WHEN THE KRAY TWINS BEAT UP RIVALS. Ronnie Knight: So when Ronnie and them got out, they was koshed up with hammers choppers and everything you could think of and they smashed the door right in. Just walked in and says who wants trouble now, we're the Kray twins. Who wants it? BUT PRIOR TO MEETING THE KRAYS, RONNIE HAD RECRUITED HIS YOUNGER BROTHER AS HIS PARTNER IN CRIME. John Knight: My first crime I ever did was when my brother Ron come to me and asked me to get in a small fan light over a top of a door and take the cash drawer till out and pass it out of the fanlight. Ronnie Knight: I was too big for that so I thought the only person who could do that was my Johnnie 'cos he was a lot younger'n me and lot smaller'n me. He come out with a prize. Photo John Knight as young boy. John Knight: I took to crime because I used to see the old villains very smart looking, dressed, and everyone was ducking and diving about, there was loads of rascals, so perhaps I'd join the band robbers. Trucks in 1960s. ALTHOUGH TWO YEARS YOUNGER THAN RONNIE, JOHN KNIGHT SOON SURPASSED HIM IN ORGANISING CRIME. John Knight: By the time I was twenty, I was doing a lot of things. Looking for lorry loads, taking and driving away lorry loads. I could always ask Ronnie for a helping hand if he wanted to earn some extra money. Ronnie Knight: We trusted one another and I would never leave him and he would never leave me. Vintage truck cutaways. Ronnie Knight close up. Ronnie Knight: You knew what kind of lorry was holding good stuff and you took it, a