Vic Reeves' Rogues Gallery - Season 1

Vic Reeves' Rogues Gallery - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes10
DatesFeb. 2, 2005 - Apr. 6, 2005

Episodes

Dick Turpin
Season 1Episode 130 min

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.

Feb. 2, 2005
Blackbeard
Season 1Episode 230 min

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.

Feb. 9, 2005
Rob Roy
Season 1Episode 330 min

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?

Feb. 16, 2005
Jonathan Wild
Season 1Episode 430 min

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.

Feb. 23, 2005
Captain Kidd
Season 1Episode 530 min

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?

März 2, 2005
Claude Du Vall
Season 1Episode 630 min

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.

März 9, 2005
Anne Bonny and Mary Read
Season 1Episode 730 min

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.

März 16, 2005
Deacon Brodie
Season 1Episode 830 min

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.

März 23, 2005
George Ransley
Season 1Episode 930 min

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?

März 30, 2005
Captain Blood
Season 1Episode 1030 min

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?

Apr. 6, 2005

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