Bike-riding bank robber, part 1
Olympic hopeful to audacious thief – the racing cyclist who turned to crime
Lives Less Ordinary · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
Olympic hopeful to audacious thief – the cyclist who turned to crime. Movies influenced Tom’s biggest life decisions. Slacker film Reality Bites made him give up becoming an Olympic cyclist, and heist film Heat ‘inspired’ him to make the bizarre leap from fiction to reality. But there are only so many banks you can rob before your ego, and the FBI, start catching up with you.
Film clips: Reality Bites/Ben Stiller/Jersey Films Heat/Michael Mann/Regency Enterprises and Forward Pass
Presenter: Mobeen Azhar Producer: Louise Morris