Daring Capers
From the narrow streets of Nice to the gleaming corridors of Wall Street, Daring Capers tracks some of the world's most fascinating criminals and their audacious crimes. Here's a rogue's gallery of bank robbers, art thieves, and debonair con artists who tried to steal their way to wealth through brilliant ploys and slick transactions.
- 1999-2002
- 2 seasons
- Discovery Communications
- Documentary, Suspense
- TV-14
From the narrow streets of Nice to the gleaming corridors of Wall Street, Daring Capers tracks some of the world's most fascinating criminals and their audacious crimes. Here's a rogue's gallery of bank robbers, art thieves, and debonair con artists who tried to steal their way to wealth through brilliant ploys and slick transactions.
Season 2 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2000 - 2001
Episode 1
Cops and Robbers
Fri, May 11, 2001 25 mins
Police officers and criminals inhabit the same dark world of scams and schemes. But what happens when the line blurs between the cops... and the robbers?
Episode 2
The Knightsbridge Heist
Fri, May 11, 2001 25 mins
An Italian playboy commits the world's largest armed robbery, triggering a world-class game of cat-and-mouse.
Episode 3
90 Second Bandits
Tue, Jul 31, 2001 25 mins
Canada's most famous gang of robbers set their sights South of the Border. They take millions from U. S. banks and lead police on a chase that lasts ten long years.
Episode 4
Berlin Tunnel Gangsters
Tue, Jul 31, 2001 25 mins
In Germany, an elaborate bank robbery ends in a standoff with police. The lives of 15 hostages hang in the balance. But as investigators would quickly learn, nothing is, as it seems.
Episode 5
Brink's Job
Thu, Aug 16, 2001
Episode 6
Hesse Jewels
Fri, Aug 24, 2001 25 mins
In WWII Germany, U.S. Army officers break through a castle wall to plunder a royal treasure. For the thieves, it was the dream of a lifetime. But to U.S. authorities, recovering the treasure was a matter of national honor.
Episode 7
Earl Spencer's Best Man
Tue, Sep 5, 2000 25 mins
Two British businessmen with ties to the crown are victimized by gem thieves in New York City. But as Scotland Yard and the NYPD would learn, nothing about this crime is what it seems...
Episode 8
Queen of Jewels
Mon, Aug 27, 2001 25 mins
A cunning jewel thief leads police on a chase that spans the globe and lasts a decade. Authorities all over the world seem powerless as they pursue a brilliant woman they come to know as "the Queen of Jewels".
Episode 9
Pilfering Professor
Thu, Aug 16, 2001 25 mins
A criminal conspiracy threatens to wipe out England's cultural heritage - one robbery at a time. Police struggle to catch an obsessed thief as artifacts worth millions disappear into London's underworld.
Episode 10
Tunnel 57
Wed, Sep 5, 2001 25 mins
In the early 1960's, the Berlin wall separates families, friends, and lovers. For a young student from the west and his fiancée in the east, cold war politics become intensely personal.