| Series | Episode | First Broadcast | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 199C | 01 | 19990712 | Jonathan Freedland begins a history series reporting from the sites of the Rebecca Riots in rural Wales. Why did tenant farmers in the 1830s blacken their faces and dress as women? / Jonathan Freedland begins a history series reporting from the sites of the Rebecca Riots in rural Wales. Why did tenant farmers blacken their faces and dress as women? |
| 199C | 02 | 19990719 | Jonathan Freedland reports from Nottingham as he explores aspects of the Victorian man through the life and body of prizefighter Bendigo Thompson. |
| 199C | 03 | 19990726 | Jonathan Freedland reports on the sex scandals that rocked the Westminster election campaign of 1784. |
| 199C | 04 | 19990802 | Everyone knows who won the battle of Waterloo, but who paid for it? Jonathan Freedland explores the story of how the war was financed. |
| 199C | 05 | 19990809 | In the last of the series, Jonathan Freedland gathers a team of historians to explore events both epic and personal. |