Few figures in history have captured the popular imagination as much as the outlaw. From gentleman highwaymen to swashbuckling pirates to elusive urban thieves and rogues, the brazen escapades and the flamboyance of the outlaw made them the anti-hero of their time. They were feared by the rich, admired by the poor and celebrated by writers and artists. In this new three-part series, historian Dr. Sam Willis travels the open roads, the high seas and urban alleyways to explore Britain's 17th and 18th century underworld of highwaymen, pirates and rogues, vividly bringing the great age of the British outlaw to life. Willis shows that, far from being outsiders, outlaws were very much a product of their time, shaped by powerful national events. In each episode, Willis focuses not only on a particular type of outlaw, but a particular era. In fact, the series offers a chronological portrait of the changing face of crime in the 17th and 18th centuries.