Dick Turpin

1979

Dick Turpin

7.4 | en | Drama

Dick Turpin discovers that he has been cheated out of an inheritance. Bitter and penniless, Turpin takes to the open road as a highwayman. Possessed with a Robin Hood complex, he spends much of his time meddling in other peoples troubles.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 The Hanging

Mar. 06,1982

A woman in need makes Dick Turpin be caught by the Captain Spiker. His execution is ordered, and later Swiftnick is put into the same cell.

EP5 The King's Shilling

Feb. 27,1982

Captain Willard and his helper, Newell, recruit two young men to the King's Army by tricking them to receive a shilling each as 'assistance' in a betting game. Swiftnick liberates them, and Willard wants revenge.

EP4 The Secret Folk

Feb. 20,1982

Captain Nathan Spiker hunts Turpin and Swiftnick into a forest where the secret folk, 'romani' roams and rules.

EP3 The Godmother

Feb. 13,1982

Toby Weston is about to hang as he has lost his farm to the lawyer, Simon Gooch, who is working for Sir Glutton who in a short notice expects a visit from his Godmother, the Duchess of Durham. In order to be her heir Sir Glutton has made her believe he is married - although he is a stubborn bachelor.

EP2 Sentence of Death (2)

Feb. 06,1982

Barnaby Husk seems struck by plague and is considered deadly ill but he takes Poll Maggot by surprise and escapes from 'The Fox' with the King's small cousin, Rupert, as hostage.

EP1 Sentence of Death (1)

Jan. 30,1982

A small boy, the King's very young cousin from Germany, is the only one to escape an sttack by the cruel and spiteful highway-man Barnaby Husk. He runs into the woods and stumbles upon Isaac Rag who leads him to 'the Fox'.

7.4 | en | Drama , Comedy | More Info

Released: 1979-01-06 | Released Producted By: , Country: United Kingdom Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Cast

Richard O'Sullivan , Christopher Benjamin

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Reviews

didi-5 I loved this series when it was first transmitted and recently reacquainted myself with the series on DVD. Is it still worth watching?First of all, this Dick Turpin is presented as an adventurer, friend of the poor, chivalrous to women, the voice of wisdom to his young sidekick Swiftnick. Impeccably cast, Richard O'Sullivan has a whale of a time as the highwayman, and is hugely entertaining to watch. Michael Deeks (whatever happened to him?) is endearingly dumb as Swiftnick, while Christopher Benjamin is the blustering baddie, although more of a Lestrade than a Moriarty to O'Sullivan's Holmes! The prints currently available on DVD really are awful though for a series which is less than thirty years old; this aside, if you are in the mood for some boy's own adventure, this is the series to watch. Enjoy.

Robski Why are users giving this wonderful piece of TV a bum rap ?First of all the casting of Richard O'Sullivan was inspired, an actor known solely for one comic role spun over nearly a decade made the character his own. This was ripping boys own stuff. Top entertainment with characterisation as good as you could expect from Richard Carpenter, a man with a track record of success.Each story is well contained within a 25 minute timeframe. I have recently purchased the DVD of series 1 and having watched them all at the rate of 1 a week would recommend them to anyone with an interest in light drama.

LunatickNick Okay, so the other comment about this show may be partially right: this is pretty bad; but it sure doesn't represent the best of British tv in the 70s. Perhaps the writer was confusing it with some of his own, homegrown tv: like the Dukes of Hazzard, which was foisted on UK audiences at about the same time as this was airing.Turpin had its moments - oh and it was nothing to do with Napoleon or the 1800s, either (hence the reason you didn't see any Frenchmen...); it was set nearly a century earlier and Turpin was returning home from the War of the Spanish Succession - same enemy, of course, but then, some things don't change. I believe the series was replaced in the schedules (in the UK) by Robin of Sherwood - that's the one without the American accent.

jfurioli_2000 So simple. Napoleon's blockade in the early 1800s. British smuggler swashbuckling in Normandy and Kent. English officers are the baddies (I don't remember seeing any French baddies).All episodes are the same: escape from the British police, save the idiotic young sidekick, get the girl aka barmaid, kick the captain's butt, the captain is humiliated by the commander, kick the captain and the commander's butts. end.So... what was so great ? ha ha ha the music of course ! The theme is completely amazing. It's been 20 years and the only reason why I remember this crappiest of all piece of ol'rubbish British TV from the late seventies is the music.The French counterpart of this series is called Schulmeister, l'espion de l'Empereur, and it takes place during the same period of history with a former smuggler from Alsace, a fat version of Asterix, turned into an Imperial Commissioner (wow) and enforcing Napoleon's way all over Europe. Much more fun. Jacques Fabri is Schulmeister and Roger Carel is Hamel the sidekick.But the music sucked. Big time.