A gang of art thieves is assembled and set the task of breaking in to a gallery and stealing art. On TV. “In Channel 4’s The Heist, they plan to penetrate state-of-the-art security at the Business Design Centre in Islington and remove The View From The Bandstand by Andrew Gifford – described by critics as a modern masterpiece. Each of the ex-criminals was once notorious in a certain field before going straight – an armed robber, jewellery thief, gangster, extortionist and internet hacker.”