Dick Turpin
Dick Turpin
TV ShowEnded

Dick Turpin

7.5 / 10
1979
4 seasons
31 episodes
DramaComedy

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

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Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Swiftnick

    9.0
    06-01-197930m

    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 sc...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Capture

    8.0
    13-01-197930m

    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.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Champion

    9.0
    20-01-197930m

    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.

  • Ep 4

    4.The Poacher

    27-01-197930m

    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.

  • Ep 5

    5.The Pursuit

    03-02-197930m

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

  • Ep 6

    6.The Blacksmith

    10-02-197930m

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.The Imposter

    17-02-197930m

    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.

  • Ep 8

    8.The Upright Man

    24-02-197930m

    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.

  • Ep 9

    9.The Whipping Boy

    03-03-197930m

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

  • Ep 10

    10.The Hero

    10-03-197930m

    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!

  • Ep 11

    11.The Turncoat

    17-03-197930m

    Sir John Glutton is forced to seek Turpin's help when a letter implicating him in a Jacobite plot is intercepted.

  • Ep 12

    12.The Hostages

    24-03-197930m

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

  • Ep 13

    13.Jail-Birds

    31-03-197930m

    Swiftnick acts in an impetuous manner, resulting in the capture of both himself and Dick Turpin.

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