Mustela wanted to return to the 21st Century when he was known as John, but he wanted to take Suras with him. Mustela had been his name when he had lived as a Roman 2000 years earlier. He'd returned to Rome having been transported in time by Leonardo Da Vinci. He'd met his friend Suras again for the first time in all those years and had easily fallen into his old life with him. He continued to live as a Roman with all the rough edges of a man born and bred in Essex. The friend that he'd brought with him from the 21st Century had been sent back by Leonardo as a matter of urgency, because he had been badly beaten and was about to die. They have only just decided that the only way that they can find out if Sam survived the journey back, would be to go back themselves to look for him. Suras had never travelled in time before unlike Mustela who is already an old hand at the process. They finally return to Rome with a new friend who is an expert on Roman History. They all meet up with Caeser.

Four life-long friends in their seventies who are discontented with their lives, and are fed up with being broke whilst watching their lives slip away, decide on a life of crime in order to give themselves one last chance of some good times. Ill health haunts them all. They plan to steal sheep, but it isn't as easy as they'd expected. When one of them dies after their first caper, their determination becomes stronger, so they change plans and go into growing cannabis, often with funny results.

Harry and Jack owe money to O'Brian, a violent gang boss. They've spent his money, so have to hide in Amsterdam. Jack falls for a beautiful prostitute. Harry returns when told of O'Brian's death at the hands of the Rossi crime family. Harry and Terry (his brother) meet Jack on his return. Whilst at a brothel they're faced by one of O'Brian's gang. Terry kills three of the Rossi gang. Whilst on remand, he is killed by the Rossi's. That starts a vendetta, "Vengeance is Ours" is the mantra as Harry and Jack take revenge.

Two young brothers are sexually abused and murdered. They are both reincarnated, but to different families. Young James remembers what had happened, and relates the facts to Dennis his father, naming names. Dennis is convinced, and tracks down Bob, James's previous dad, who is still haunted by the loss of his sons. He takes terrible revenge with the help of an autistic surviving victim. Seven abusers are mercilessly killed, including an ex-detective who had been in charge of the case, and monks. Harry, the second brother is drawn to James, and a second family is made.

Vinnie Miller is a successful drug importer on the Costa del Sol. He lures his son John into the firm, although he didn't want anything to do with the gang. Due to the hatred John has for Vinnie, he plans the takeover of the business with the help of a gang member. John tracks down his long lost brother, and between the three men, they con Vinnie into believing that a load of cannabis has been seized by the Spanish police. In a fit of anger, Vinnie kills two of his mules, but doesn't tell John what he's done. John perpetuates the illusion that the police are onto them. Vinnie disappears to his villa in Barbados. In a drink and drug binge, he beats up his new Barbadian girlfriend and leaves her scarred for life. With the help of Troy, a local man, John and his brother plan the horrific death of their father. Troy's friend is arrested for another murder and informs on him. Troy informs on the brothers, and the whole thing falls apart when arrests are simultaneously made in Spain and the UK.

James and Nat go back to sea for the last time, taking young John, who is James's son, and his best friend Joe Arnold. After a violent and horrendous act from Tom Crow against his old partner, they are forced to sail back early from India, when they are caught up in a fearsome storm. On their return, James and Nat hand over the ship to young John and Joe. They will spend five years with Tom Crow, learning the ropes to become Captains themselves. Their adventures begin on their first voyage. They both see ghosts on board including Joe's father, who was alive when he'd sailed. There's a big shock coming to Joe on his return. His life will never be the same again.

Captain James Bull sails to Boston to meet up with his partner Nat. He needs to go to Cuba on the way to buy more cigar leaf. They get driven off course by a mighty storm and almost perish. When he finally arrives in Boston, he finds it devastated by the storm. Nat's wife and child are dead. Nat rejoins James on the ""Bessie"" and they continue their adventures at sea. More women and more trouble await them as usual

John Bull,redundant and depressed sees a jacket in a charity shop window which unbeknown to him has an historical relic in the lining. He's drawn to the jacket but he doesn't know why. Forces from the 15th century have chosen him to return the relic to them, and are manipulating his every move. They chose him for good reason. Back through several previous lives, he had proved himself to be resourceful, brave and capable. The forces have developed a way of transporting someone in time & John finds himself inexplicably interested in regression. His friend Sam tells him that he's mad to be regressed, but he does it anyway. Instead of going back to the 15th century where the forces are waiting for him, he is redirected to his other lovers & lives. He has to drop into his old body in each life, until finally the process is perfected, and he finds himself sitting at a table with one of the greatest men in history. He falls in love with his granddaughter and makes her pregnant after a raunchy night of sex with her.

Rory suspects that his wife Sadie, is having an affair with John, his best friend. He can hardly believe that John would do such a thing to him, but when his suspicions are confirmed, he decides not to confront the two of them, but to destroy John's life and to divorce his wife in order to benefit from her wealth. John's drug and drink habits, and the secrets that he'd imparted to Rory over the years, are used against him. He is arrested and charged with serious offences, and whilst on bail, after a drugs and drink induced binge, John drives his car and kills an old man, leaving him for dead. The police are looking for him. He ends up on the streets of London where he turns to petty crime in order to survive. His luck runs out when he unwittingly steals the case of a Russian diplomat. The Russians find him and beat him up. He is eventually arrested in Covent Garden and is shown camera evidence of his credit card fraud and charged. His business is gone, his marriage is over, and his fu

John Bull and Alfie Turps are two friends having a drink at the "Fat Duck Inn." Both of them are knocked unconscious and hours later find themselves on a ship bound for Spain. They've been kidnapped by a privateer. When they regain consciousness they're given the opportunity to either join the crew or be thrown overboard. They both choose the former. And so their life at sea begins, and they love it. On one of his voyages to Bristol, John visits Lucy who is a past lover. She is an Innkeeper. She becomes pregnant, but John doesn't know about it as he has returned to Spain. When he returns, he's overjoyed at the news that he's the father of James, but alas he can't stay long. Whilst he's away Lucy is pestered by a bully that has moved into the village. John deals with the bully but has to see off his crew to Spain and takes Lucy. He returns to find the Inn destroyed. The bully and his son were seen setting the fire, they die mercilessly. Only young James can see the ghost of a boy. He's lost his toy ship.

Detective Danny Arnold is part of a new team that has been formed to go underground in British prisons in order to discover how various crimes are being planned and by whom from within their walls. His target is George O'Brian, a particularly nasty character who has a history of extreme violence. Danny soon discovers that his target has links to a Russian gang, and is actively involved with the smuggling of illegal workers and drugs. He also discovers that O'Brian has ordered the killings of people from within prison. He practically runs the place. O'Brian is blackmailing the governor, who commits suicide as a result. After a coke binge O'Brian picks a fight with another inmate, but is seriously injured. He bribes an officer to plant a bag of cocaine in the man's cell. The two men have a confrontation and O'Brian is accused of raping new inmates. He denies the claim, but it later proves to be true after a medical examination on his latest victim.