Dick Turpin

The swashbuckling adventures of England's legendary eighteenth-century highwayman. When he returned from military service in Flanders, Dick Turpin discovered he had been cheated out of his inheritance by an unscrupulous landowner. Bitter and penniless, Turpin took to the open road to rob travellers. Possessed of a decided Robin Hood complex, he spent much of his time ... Read all

Genre: Action, Adventure, Biography

Cast:Richard O'Sullivan , Michael Deeks , Christopher Benjamin , Billy Dean , David Daker , Alfie Bass , Joan Rhodes , Mary Crosby , Oliver Tobias , Annabelle Lee , George Innes , Patrick Ryecart , Keith James , Clive Curtis , Donald Pickering , Bryan Marshall , Garfield Morgan , Patrick Macnee

1Season 1

S1.E1 ∙ Swiftnick

Sat, Jan 6, 1979

Mary Smith, owner of the Black Swann inn is in debt to Sir John Glutton. Her son Nicholas tries to gather together the money by taking up the guise of the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin. Unfortunately for him, his first victim turns out to be the actual Turpin. When Nicholas is captured by Captain Spiker his mother, an old acquaintance of Dick, asks Turpin to take her son under his wing. The highwayman rescues the lad and gives him the nickname Swiftnick, after another rogue.

2Season 1

S1.E2 ∙ The Capture

Sat, Jan 13, 1979

Dick thinks Swiftnick isn't cutting it as a highwayman and bribes Tanner the gunsmith into taking the boy in as an apprentice. Glutton and Spiker have come up with a plan to use an actress called Jane Kelsey, who main claim to fame is a performance as Cleopatra, to lure Turpin into a trap.

3Season 1

S1.E3 ∙ The Champion

Sat, Jan 20, 1979

Turpin intends to find some rest in the little village of Mudbury, but Swiftnick starts bragging about Dick's skills as a prizefighter. An unsuspecting Dick soon finds himself facing the bully Hogg, the accomplice of bible thumping tax collector Father Nightingale. Dick decides to call a favor from an old friend, Tom "The Bristol Butcher" Bracewell, but he disappears shortly before the fight.

4Season 1

S1.E4 ∙ The Poacher

Sat, Jan 27, 1979

A poacher has cut in on Dick Turpin's territory. Dick and Swiftnick decide to bait the most obvious suspect, a stranger named Joshua Vizard. Meanwhile Captain Spiker is thoroughly annoyed by the Sir John Glutton's visiting nephew, the extremely foppish Willougby.

5Season 1

S1.E5 ∙ The Pursuit

Sat, Feb 3, 1979

When Dick and Swiftnick find themselves robbed, they pursue this masked highwayman, only to find the trail leading to a country house belonging to Mrs Bedingfield and her two daughters Belinda and Abigail.

6Season 1

S1.E6 ∙ The Blacksmith

Sat, Feb 10, 1979

Dick decides to fetch some of the loot his friend Sam Morgan the blacksmith has been keeping safe for him. Unfortunately, Morgan has just been captured by Spiker. Their first attempt at rescuing the blacksmith only results in freeing an old scoundrel called Isaac Rag. Therefor, Dick decides to take a hostage of his own, Sir John Glutton.

7Season 1

S1.E7 ∙ The Impostor

Sat, Feb 17, 1979

Glutton hires a man called Miller to pose as Turpin and discredit his name. Soon, even Swiftnick has fallen for the scam, as it appears that Dick Turpin has shot Nick's uncle Amos and stolen a pair of pistols.

8Season 1

S1.E8 ∙ The Upright Man

Sat, Feb 24, 1979

Several members of 'The Brotherhood' have fallen into the hands of the law and been hanged. Suspecting betrayal by one of their own, Dick decides to visit the Brotherhood's leader, Tyson Sarney, aka the Upright Man.

9Season 1

S1.E9 ∙ The Whipping Boy

Sat, Mar 3, 1979

The Duke of Hertford sends Colonel Moat to take care of Turpin after being robbed by him. Both Dick and Captain Spiker used to serve under Moat at Gibraltar. The old rivalry between the Captain and the Colonel soon rears up again, leaving Spiker demoted and Moat imposing a reign of terror.

10Season 1

S1.E10 ∙ The Hero

Sat, Mar 10, 1979

Glutton has arranged a marriage between Spiker and the wealthy Phyllida Tranter. However, her less than impressive suitor Nigel Ffoulkes-Withers has followed her in a fit of desperation. Dick takes pity on the man and develops a plan to unite the young lovers.

11Season 1

S1.E11 ∙ The Turncoat

Sat, Mar 17, 1979

Sir John Glutton sends Spiker on an errand carrying a letter pledging his allegiance to Prince Charles, pretender to the throne, in the seams of his coat. Spiker is ambushed by Foxy and Nabber, who steal the coat. Glutton forces Dick Turpin to recover the letter by holding Big Nell of the Cock and Bull hostage.

12Season 1

S1.E12 ∙ The Hostages

Sat, Mar 24, 1979

Swiftnick wants to get his name into songs as well and goes off on his own. He soon learns Glutton is terrorizing two children, Jem and Nan, at Rookham Hall. Meanwhile their mother, Glutton's niece, is being attacked by Foxy and Nabber, but Dick Turpin comes to the rescue.

13Season 1

S1.E13 ∙ The Jail-Birds

Sat, Mar 31, 1979

By a strange order of events, Dick and Swiftnick find themselves thrown into jail at Slough together with Glutton and Spiker. Despite numerous attempts, the four of them seem to be done for, until by chance poor old Isaac Rag joins them in their cell.

1Season 2

S2.E1 ∙ The Fox: Part 1

Sat, Feb 16, 1980

A dying highwayman named Joe Cutler asks Dick Turpin to honor his last request. Unfortunately, Dick and Swiftnick are captured by the very men who were chasing Cutler. They are brought before the sadistic Lord Manderfell, who decides to hunt down Turpin as if he were a fox. Only if Dick manages to elude the hunting party until sunset, will he and Swiftnick be set free.

2Season 2

S2.E2 ∙ The Fox: Part 2

Sat, Feb 23, 1980

Swiftnick manages to escape from Manderfell's dungeon on his own and speeds off to find Dick, who is still on the run and all but exhausted by now. Still, Turpin insists on honoring Joe Cutlers last request by finding his hidden loot at the so called 'Devil's Chimney' and finding out who the woman is Cutler stole it for.

3Season 2

S2.E3 ∙ Blood Money

Sat, Mar 1, 1980

Wanted for High Treason against King George, Sir John Glutton returns to his desolated Rookham house to find letters containing the names of his fellow traitors. Glutton plans to buy his own freedom by turning in his fellow betrayers. Dick Turpin and Swiftnick are interested both getting their own back on Sir John, as well as the reward of 100 guineas.

4Season 2

S2.E4 ∙ Deadlier Than the Male

Sat, Mar 8, 1980

Dick Turpin has saved a young serving wench from the clutches of scrupulous nobleman Edward Faversham and his two friends. Shortly thereafter he helps the Catherine Langford and her serving girl Wimple, who's carriage has overturned. Dick is distressed to learn the beautiful Catherine is engaged to be married to Faversham. When Wimple returns to the forest requesting Dicks help, little does he suspect he is walking into a trap.

5Season 2

S2.E5 ∙ The Elixir of Life

Sat, Mar 15, 1980

Dick and Swiftnick are waiting for their accomplice Harry Sims at The Fox Inn when the Dr. Mandragola, a sight seer and alchemist arrives. He is soon followed by Captain Venables who has captured Sims. Dick poses as the Doctor and is ordered by Venables to use his powers of foresight to locate Turpin.

6Season 2

S2.E6 ∙ The Thief-Taker

Sat, Mar 22, 1980

Lord Fordingham has put a bounty on Dick Turpin's head. Realizing they can get even more money out of the Lord, Turpin and Swiftnick pose as a pair of thief-takers, Jeremiah Snare and Jonathon Hardy and fool Fordingham into believing Captain Spiker is actually Dick Turpin.

7Season 2

S2.E7 ∙ The Judge

Sat, Mar 29, 1980

Turpin intercepts judge Lambsfoot and takes his place in order to help local landowner John Radstock and Swiftnick escape their sentences.

1Season 3

S3.E1 ∙ Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure: Part 1

Sat, May 16, 1981

Young American Jane Harding of the Providence of Maryland travels to England with evidence to discredit the tyrannical Governor Appleyard. Her lover, Noll Bridger, travels ahead of her with his champion prizefighter. Meanwhile, Dick Turpin is having an affair with Lady Melford and almost gets caught in her bedroom by her husband, the lord.

2Season 3

S3.E2 ∙ Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure: Part 2

Sat, May 23, 1981

Jane Harding has escaped from her kidnappers and tries to steal Swiftnick's horse, Ceasar. Refusing to explain herself to Dick or Swiftnick, She eventually manages to get away on Turpin's nag, Bess. When Turpin finally catches up with her, she has fallen into the hands of the traitorous Noll Bridger, who quickly becomes an enemy to Dick.

3Season 3

S3.E3 ∙ Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure: Part 3

Sat, May 30, 1981

Dick Turpin beats Noll Bridger in a duel, but is thrown into jail by Fytton, along with Swiftnick. Bridger's slave, Saul, manages to break them out, and Turpin and Swiftnick in turn rescue Kate and their horses.

4Season 3

S3.E4 ∙ Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure: Part 4

Sat, Jun 6, 1981

Turpin, Swiftnick and Jane run afoul of the religious maniac Ignatius Slake and his followers. Slake promptly puts Turpin on trial and sentences him to a 'running'. This means he is to be tied to a burning cartwheel.

5Season 3

S3.E5 ∙ Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure: Part 5

Sat, Jun 13, 1981

Jane had finally recovered the the proof against Governor Appleyard and needs to get it to Lord Melford. So, Turpin and Swiftnick help her to sneak into Melford's estate during a costume party. Unfortunately, Appleyard himself is in attendance, as well as Noll Bridger and Fytton.

1Season 4

S4.E1 ∙ Sentence of Death: Part 1

Sat, Sep 20, 1980

After serving six years imprisonment in Jamaica, Barnaby Husk wants his revenge on Dick Turpin. He turns to an old acquaintance, Poll Maggot. Meanwhile, King George's young cousin is wandering the woods after an attack on his guardian's carriage. Old Isaac Rag bumps into the boy and, calling him 'Todd', takes him under his wing.

2Season 4

S4.E2 ∙ Sentence of Death: Part 2

Sat, May 31, 1980

Barnaby Husk has collapsed with sickness and Dick surmises it is the yellow plague. Isaac Rag ignores Dick's warnings and flees the Fox, while Husk recovers just in time to try and kidnap the German aristocratic boy.

3Season 4

S4.E3 ∙ The Godmother

Sat, Jun 7, 1980

Glutton's Godmother, the Dutches of Durham is coming for a visit. Since his letters have let her to believe Glutton is married, his accomplice Simon Gooch proposes his sister could pose as Lady Glutton. By an unfortunate order of events, Turpin and Swiftnick are robbing the Gooches just when Glutton's men come to fetch his pretend wife, and Dick ends up in drag.

4Season 4

S4.E4 ∙ The Secret Folk

Sat, Feb 20, 1982

Swiftnick frees Aphrina, a gypsy girl from a forester's trap. In order to prove to her tribe he has not shamed the girl, Swiftnick must face three ordeals chosen by fate. As Swiftnick is already wounded, Turpin steps in to face the tasks instead.

5Season 4

S4.E5 ∙ The King's Shilling

Sat, May 17, 1980

Swiftnick comes to the aid of a pair of young lads who have been tricked into joining the King's army. The recruiting officers, Captain Willard and his posh accomplish Newell, double back "The Bell" inn to get their revenge on the young highwayman.

6Season 4

S4.E6 ∙ The Hanging

Sat, Jun 14, 1980

Turpin and Swiftnick come to the aid of a woman calling herself 'Mrs Brownlow', who is being blackmailed by Captain Spiker. Unfortunately, Turpin gets caught and is sentenced to death by hanging.