Miniseries · BBC Two
This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist
1,000 pounds of dynamite. A $3 million ransom. One casino at the edge of disaster.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Igor Grbesic
Big John
3 eps
Ethan Riley
Jim Birges
3 eps
Ian S. Peterson
John Birges Jr
3 eps
Michael Solarez
Bill Jonkey
3 eps
Jennylyn Caterina
Kelly
3 eps
Marianne Wiedeman
Joan
3 eps
Lance Caver
Bill
3 eps
Justin Cotterell
Danny
3 eps
Braydon Ford
Young Jim
3 eps
Dreyson Ford
Young John Jr
3 eps
Matt Popa
Terry
3 eps
Ben Scattone
Dell
3 eps
William Swartzbaugh
Harvey
3 eps
Laurel Feierbach
Elizabet
3 eps
Jim Birges
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Mike Rowe
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Holly Noelle Birges
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Kelly Cooper Ferguson
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Hope Birges
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Kirk Yeager
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Bill Jonkey
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Kirk Ledbetter
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Phillip L. Sublett
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Edward R.J. Kane
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Frank Danihel
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Dell Rowley
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Jim Norton
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
Bob Wilson
Self - Interviewee
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
This Is a Bomb: The Nevada Casino Heist reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The story
What it's about
In 1980, a booby-trapped bomb accompanied by a $3 million ransom note terrorises a casino in Nevada. As the FBI races against the clock, each step uncovers dark secrets and unexpected motives.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Ben Silverman
Executive producer
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Theo Love
Executive producer
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Andrew Corkin
Executive producer
Chris Smith
Executive producer
Howard T. Owens
Executive producer
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Michael Driscoll
Executive producer
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Robert Marshal
Executive producer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ben SilvermanExecutive Producer
- Theo LoveExecutive Producer
- Andrew CorkinExecutive Producer
- Chris SmithExecutive Producer
- Bo ButterworthProducer
- Howard T. OwensExecutive Producer
Direction
- Bryan StorkelDirector
- Amy Bandlien StorkelDirector
Music
- Michael James LeeOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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