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Voices from the Old BaileyEpisodes

    TransportationSeries 3

    4/4Amanda Vickery tells the stories of three criminals who were transported.

    ShopliftingSeries 3

    3/4Amanda Vickery explores a new crime for a new consumer society - shoplifting.

    MurderSeries 3

    2/4Amanda explores three cases in which men fight and kill each other in the name of honour.

    SmugglingSeries 3

    1/4Amanda hears the voices of smugglers and the gallant customs officers who fought them.

    Whose Law Is It Anyway?Series 2

    4/4Amanda Vickery asks whether ordinary people got a fair trial in the 18th century.

    ServantsSeries 2

    3/4Amanda Vickery uses court cases to explore the lives of servants in the 18th century.

    Sexual SubculturesSeries 2

    2/4Amanda Vickery uses court cases to explore the lives of gay men in the 18th century.

    RiotsSeries 2

    1/4Rioters argue their case in court, desperately attempting to avoid the noose.