Libertines, Lotharios and Complete B******s. True stories of history's most badly behaved men and women. Join roguish host Simon Talbot as he uncovers the disreputable lives and fascinating times of historical hellraisers like Giacomo Casanova, Catherine the Great and Errol Flynn, along with a bawdy cast of colourful characters that you may not have heard of. Become a Lovable Rogue because everything is more fun in period costume.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 hours 50 minutes
episode 38: Teenage Rampage - 1768
Take a walk on the very wild side in 18th century London with teenage "Lad About Town," William Hickey.
There's sex, booze, fighting and disrespecting of elders - what's the youth of yesterday coming to?
- Is stealing a rowing boat morally unacceptable?
- Which was the most violent pub in London - possibly?
- What do you do when caught in bed with another man's mistress?
- Should you ever drink anything described as "....
episode 37: Filming, Floating & F*****g Around!
After a bit of a break, Rogues Gallery Uncovered returns.
Join Hollywood's most misbehaved duo, David Niven and Errol Flynn, as they water ski and roister through the 1930s - leaving a trail of broken hearts and heads in their wake...
episode 36: Stop it, or you'll go blind....and then die!! - 1867
Keep your hands where everyone can see them while attending this stern lecture warning of the physical and moral decay brought about by the 19th century’s most destructive social contagion - MASTURBATION!!
It’s a wrist achingly provocative tale of madness, blisters, breakfast cereals, female hysteria and abstinence...
episode 35: Dildos, Defamation & Disguise 1673
Ramble on in search of filth with Restoration London's most promiscuous, booze addled, royalty offending, saucy poetry writing genius - John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester.
It's a disgraceful double-ended tale of Italian sex woodwork, highway robbery, park abuse and rhyming couplets...
episode 34: The English Casanova - 1755
Its "All Aboard" when the 18th century's most promiscuous sailor puts into as many ports as he can, with Admiral Augustus John Hervey, 3rd Earl of Bristol.
Enjoy a salty tale of multiple mistresses, naughty nunneries, and opera...
episode 33: What are YOU looking at! - 1786
Be provoked beyond reason by 18th century Ireland's most quarrelsome and violent bully boy - George "Fighting" Fitzgerald.
Its a short tempered tale of animal disguise, head trauma, gratuitous musketry and good old fashioned insanity...
episode 32: The Ups & Downs of a Gentleman Rotter - 1867
Enjoy non stop nineteenth century sexcapades with Queen Victoria's most prolific swordsman and erotic wordsmith - Edward Sellon.
Its a shameless tale of peeping, pooping, penile stamina and pistols...
episode 31: Conquista Dora - 1623
Brawling, duelling, thievery and seduction with the 17th century's most violent woman warrior - Catalina de Erauso.
Its a bloody tale of senseless violence, nunnery escapades, greed, unbelievable coincidences and the Pope...
episode 30: Beer Monster 1866
Enjoy a spectacular night on the lash in Victorian London with one of the 19th century's most prolific party animals, Henry Weysford Charles Plantagenet Rawdon-Hastings.
It's a convivial tale of drinking, rat baiting, dancing girls, drinking, outrageous pranks, and menacing Scandinavians....... and drinking...
episode 29: Hey Hey We're The Mohocks 1712
Get whipped into a terrified frenzy of social anxiety with the 18th century's most notorious gang of lawless youths.
It's a fear-inducing tale of brutal slashing, barrel-rolling, eye-gouging, random stabbing and violent flatulence...