This television movie was co-written by Jeff Pope who in later years shared an Oscar nomination for writing with Steve Coogan for Philomena (2013).
PROLOGUE: "In the early 1980s a flood of almost undetectable counterfeit currency started to appear in Britain. Public attention was diverted at the time by an IRA mainland bombing campaign; but the authorities were in no doubt as to which they consider the greater threat."
"The following is based on a true story."
"The following is based on a true story."
Counterfeiting is sufficiently prevalent throughout history that it has been called "the world's second-oldest profession." Coinage of money began in the region of Lydia around 600 B.C.