Name: Britain's Outlaws: Highwaymen, Pirates and Rogues
Released: 2015-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Sam Willis

TV Show · Documentary · Crime

Historian Dr Sam Willis explores Britain's 17th and 18th century underbelly of highwaymen, pirates, and rogues, bringing to life the great age of the British outlaw.

2015 · 59m

Starring Sam Willis

Director Andy Hall, Gerry Dawson

EPISODE 1

Knights of the Road: The Highwayman's Story

The Civil War give way to a new breed of gentleman criminal, robbers on horseback armed with flintlock pistols, known as highwaymen.
EPISODE 2

Pirates

The swashbucklers of piracy's golden age, during the early 18th century, have a devastating impact on colonial expansion and become the world's most wanted criminals.
EPISODE 3

Rogues

Urban crime and fraud of the 18th century is committed by a gallery of charming rogues, tricksters, and villains, from notorious thief Jack Sheppard to fraudster Mary Toft and smuggler Thomas Benson.