During a school visit to the Tower of London the friends are taken hostage by General Nitti Gritti's henchmen intent on stealing the Crown Jewels. Those who were beheaded in the tower come to life and there begins an historical misadventure.

A waxwork of a famous Tudor sea captain on display in Madam Tussaud's waxworks museum comes to life and the friends accompany him on a voyage to ancient Arabia in search of its legendary buried treasure. General Nitti Gritti and his henchmen are hot on their trail.

An outing to Hampton Court Palace turns chaotic when the friends meet up with General Nitti Gritti and his henchmen, Extra Terrestrial tourists, and giants living at the top of a massive beanstalk growing in the palace grounds.

When aliens in league with General Nitti Gritti surface in the vicinity of Petunia Heights, the tenants and the 'Puritans' from history who have sought sanctuary in the tower block, band together to fight them off.

An unusual species of rose entered in a national flower show turns out to be the military symbol of General Nitti Gritti and there begins a 'War of the Roses' alongside the historical war being filmed by the movie company.

When an 'Old Master' painting worth millions is stolen from an English stately home and turns up in Petunia Heights , the friends find themselves involved in an intrigue that indicates there is more to the painting than its value as a work of art.

King Alfred, Queen Bodicea, and the Roman General Plautius, come together in the London Zoo and cause mayhem that is aggravated by the monkeys in the zoo demanding 'Animal Rights' that has the young friends replacing them as the species on view.

A merchant from twelfth century Venice transports the friends by ship to the ancient world where it is hi-jacked by pirates for its fabulous cargo, the dowry of a princess the merchant is escorting to Persia to wed the Crown Prince.

The myth of flying saucers becomes a reality when the young friends discover a secret airfield where saucer-shaped ships are flown by super-intelligent weasels in league with General Nitti Gritti.

General Nitti Gritti commandeers the sets of the 'Fall of Troy' being filmed by the movie company and uses the strategy of the Greeks to capture the City of London.

King Arthur returns and musters knights from those living in Petunia Heights to fight the Saxons who have come back and allied themselves with General Nitti Gritti to capture Britain.

A matinee performance of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon, attended by the friends and other children, turns into a real nightmare when General Nitti Gritti adds his own script to the drama.

The friends are caught on camera in the filming of 'Scotland's History & Legends' and meet up with Robert the Bruce, the poet Robert Burns, and the legendary 'Loch Ness Monster'. Behind the scenes General Nitti Gritti manipulates Scotland's historical events to his advantage.

A bottle containing a model of a Spanish galleon bursts its sides and becomes a full size ship that carries the friends to the Spanish Main where General Nitti Gritti is in league with the Spaniards preparing another Armada to capture the English Channel.

The prophesy, "If ever the ravens leave, the tower of London will fall and England with it", has General Nitti Gritti killing the ravens. It soon becomes apparent that vampires and werewolves have taken their place.

Guy Fawkes returns to have another attempt at blowing up the Houses of Parliament, aided and abetted by General Nitti Gritti and his henchmen. The friends thwart their evil intents.

The friends are caught up in the filming of 'Treasure Island' by the movie company, and join the search for the pirate Captain Flint's buried gold. Behind the scenes General Nitti Gritti is hatching his devious schemes.