Vic Reeves' Rogues Gallery - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
Dick Turpin
Vic Reeves retraces the footsteps of Britain's most famous highwayman through a world of poaching and housebreaking on a journey that leads straight to the gallows.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard was adored by his crew and loved by women. Vic Reeves explores the myths around the 14-times-married pirate, who used to lace his rum with gunpowder.
Rob Roy
Vic Reeves ventures into the highlands of the 18th century to meet the most famous Scot of them all, Rob Roy McGregor. Was the notorious cattle rustler an English spy?
Jonathan Wild
Wild was widely respected as one of the nation's leading policemen, while in secret he ran the country's most successful gang of thieves. Vic Reeves investigates.
Captain Kidd
Vic Reeves crosses the Indian Ocean to find out how Captain Kidd almost sank the British Empire. How did the famous pirate hunter end up on the scaffold at Wapping?
Claude Du Vall
Vic Reeves investigates the infamous French highwayman Claude du Vall, who was so loved by his victims that hundreds of women attended his wake and caused a riot.
Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Notorious pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read delighted in baring their breasts before they murdered a man to add insult to injury. Vic Reeves investigates.
Deacon Brodie
Vic Reeves investigates the man who inspired the story of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Deacon Brodie, and finds out how his enthusiasm for the theatre led to his downfall.
George Ransley
Ransley was such a successful smuggler that an army was set up to keep him in check. How did he manage a criminal empire so big, it boasted its own health service?
Captain Blood
When Colonel Blood was caught red-handed stuffing the crown jewels down his trousers, he was awarded with an estate in Ireland and a sizeable pension. Why?
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