Dick Turpin

Overview

Richard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the exploits of England's most celebrated highwayman.

Episodes

S01E01 Swiftnick

January 6, 1979 30 min
When an innkeeper is evicted by greedy landowner Sir John Glutton, and her impetuous son is branded an outlaw by the authorities, they seek help from Dick Turpin, who has an old score to settle...

S01E02 The Capture

January 13, 1979 30 min
While Turpin assesses Swiftnick's suitability as a highwayman, Sir John Glutton and Spiker plot to capture Turpin using the bogus Lady Kinnerton as a decoy.

S01E03 The Champion

January 20, 1979 30 min
Turpin enlists the help of famous prize fighter Tom Bracewell after learning that villagers at Mudbury are being terrorised by Nightingale and his bully, Hogg.

S01E04 The Poacher

January 27, 1979 30 min
When Turpin and Swiftnick discover a poacher in their 'manor' they suspect Vizard is the culprit, but Sir John Glutton's nephew provides the answer.

S01E05 The Pursuit

February 3, 1979 30 min
Turpin and Swiftnick are robbed by a mysterious highwayman; a chase leads them to Mrs. Bedingfield and her two beautiful daughters, Belinda and Abigail...

S01E06 The Blacksmith

February 10, 1979 30 min
When Turpin's friend Sam Morgan is thrown into jail by Spiker, Turpin and Swiftnick capture Sir John Glutton, hoping to exchange him for Morgan.

S01E07 The Imposter

February 17, 1979 30 min
Sir John, worried by Turpin's growing popularity, decides to employ an imposter to pose as Turpin. His first victim is to be Amos Varley, Swiftnick's uncle.

S01E08 The Upright Man

February 24, 1979 30 min
Ben Hawk is ambushed by the militia and hanged. Setting out to help his widow, Sal, Turpin discovers that she has been accused of betraying her husband.

S01E09 The Whipping Boy

March 3, 1979 30 min
After the Duke of Hertford is robbed by Turpin and Swiftnick, he employs notorious thief-taker Colonel Tobias Moat to hunt them down.

S01E10 The Hero

March 10, 1979 30 min
Sir John arranges for Spiker to marry the lovely Phyllida Tranter. But Nigel Ffoulkes-Withers is also smitten, and plans to disrupt the ceremony by pretending to be Turpin!

S01E11 The Turncoat

March 17, 1979 30 min
Sir John Glutton is forced to seek Turpin's help when a letter implicating him in a Jacobite plot is intercepted.

S01E12 The Hostages

March 24, 1979 30 min
Swiftnick learns that Sir John is holding two children hostage at Rookham Hall, and sets out to free them - without Turpin's help.

S01E13 Jail-Birds

March 31, 1979 30 min
Swiftnick acts in an impetuous manner, resulting in the capture of both himself and Dick Turpin.

Cast

Richard O'Sullivan
Richard O'Sullivan
Dick Turpin
Michael Deeks
Michael Deeks
Swiftnick

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