Episode 2: No Silver Linings

When Ian Fleming needed a name for the secret agent at the center of his new novel, he stole one from the cover of a birdwatching book. The real James Bond wasn’t a martini-drinking spy, but a shy Ame...

28 Maj 50min

In the series finale, Chaloner ‘counterfeits a madman’, Newton has his day in court, and Londoners look on as Chaloner meets his fate. And, Linda connects the dots between everything going on back the...

8 Okt 202147min

William Chaloner claps back at Isaac Newton and finds a new scheme in Malt Lottery tickets. But to pull it off, Chaloner needs help. And the list of people who weren’t in jail, or who Chaloner hadn’t ...

29 Sep 202130min

With Chaloner awaiting trial in jail, Isaac Newton has time to ruminate on whether catching criminals is as meaningful as sorting the laws of the universe. There was a certain satisfaction in it, afte...

22 Sep 202137min

In a time before organized police, Isaac Newton gets used to his dual role as crook catcher and prosecutor. As he locks up London’s counterfeiters one by one, Newton’s ring of informants tighten the c...

15 Sep 202138min

An era of unprecedented innovation sees an explosion in free speech, the creation of paper money and the ascendance of William Chaloner from two-bit criminal to man of influence. Has the silver-tongue...

8 Sep 202135min

The Great Recoinage was supposed to fix England’s currency problem. But the Mint is bungling the job, and the country is reeling. As Isaac Newton steps into his new role, he applies his scientific pro...

1 Sep 202126min