February 7, 2023 • 17 mins
In this episode, with host Dame Joanna Lumley, we look at seventeenth and eighteenth century celebrity criminals, with:
- The Highwayman of Hearts written by Olivia Bell and performed by Joanna Clarke. [Hampstead Heath, Chandos Place and St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden]
- The Pregnant Pickpocket with Four Hands written by Olivia Bell and performed by Lulu Freeman. [Lodgings in Long Acre and in and around Covent Garden]
- Somone’s Sneakin’ Round the Corner written by Olivia Bell and performed by Zak Ghazi-Torbati. [The Black Lion Pub, Drury Lane, various London gaols and Tyburn]
Sound editing by Viel Richardson.
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