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Episode 1

Episode number: 1

Overview: Thomas Farriner returns home to Pudding Lane to find the bakery ablaze and his two daughters asleep upstairs, unaware of the raging inferno below.

Episode 2

Episode number: 2

Overview: As the fire gains strength, Thomas bursts into Sarah's lodgings to lead his family to safety. The King follows Samuel Pepys' advice to survey the damage for himself.

Episode 3

Episode number: 3

Overview: The King is angry to learn that his orders to create fire-breaks have been ignored. Thomas finally finds Sarah on the streets and together they find shelter from the inferno.

Episode 4

Episode number: 4

Overview: Thomas has to reveal to Sarah that her husband Will is not dead but has run off to the colonies.