The Great Rhino Robbery: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

In 2011, regional museums and auction houses across Britain are hit by a bizarre crime spree. Police are baffled because despite holding millions of pounds worth of precious artefacts, only one item has been targeted during each robbery: rhino horn. This pattern of crime quickly explodes and after twelve months, a suspected ninety-one rhino horns have been stolen from fifteen countries. And as the supply of dead rhino horn begins to run low, live rhinos increasingly become the target.

The Great Rhino Robbery is a journey into the dark heart of animal poaching and trafficking. At the centre of the story is rhino horn - a product made from the same substance as human fingernails - that becomes more valuable than gold and is touted as a ‘miracle cure' for everything from hangovers to cancer. With access to the criminals, the users and the investigators trying to save a species, this crime-meets-conservation boxset unpicks the astounding story behind why the rhino is facing extinction and tells the remarkable tale of the race to catch the people responsible - before it's too late.

Series details

• Title: The Great Rhino Robbery
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 2024-01-03
• Status in TVmaze: Running
• Network listed by TVmaze: Sky Documentaries
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 72842
• TVDB ID: 443516

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2024-01-03; final listed air date 2024-01-05; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Great Rhino Robbery on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.