 London s Newgate Prison of the 1750s was the atmospheric setting for this bawdy and boisterous series of 60-minute tales, the first four of which were run as part of Rediffusion s  Playhouse  series. The stories featured historic antihero inmates such as Jonathan Wild (Ronald Fraser), highwaywoman Jane Rawley (Jane Bond), Lady Sarah Bellasize (Diane Cilento) and Jack Sheppard (Paul Shelley).