Dick Turpin Season 1

January. 06,1979

7.4

| Drama Comedy

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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Dick Turpin Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 13 - Jail-Birds

First Aired: March. 31,1979

Swiftnick tries to commit highway robbery on his own but is intercepted by some soldiers. Turpin tries to come to his rescue him but they are both caught prisoners, and to their surprise, so are Sir Glutton and Captain Spiker.

Episode 12 - The Hostages

First Aired: March. 24,1979

Episode 11 - The Turncoat

First Aired: March. 17,1979

Sir John Glutton conspires with the Stuart line of Kings, but a letter is intercepted again, again, again....

Episode 10 - The Hero

First Aired: March. 10,1979

The young 'hero' of this episode, Nigel Ffoulkes-Withers, is passionately in love with Phyllida. However, Sir John orders Captain Spiker to marry her. To prevent that Turpin tries to be both matchspoiler and matchmaker.

Episode 9 - The Whipping Boy

First Aired: March. 03,1979

Turpin and Swiftnick rob the Duke of Hertford. He makes Sir John let the whipping boy Colonel Moat impose a reign of terror in the county. A hidden plan occurs,

Episode 8 - The Upright Man

First Aired: February. 24,1979

Tyson Sarney, known as The Upright Man, is the leader of The Brotherhood, a gang of 'honest' criminals. Some members have lately been taken by the law, and Turpin decides to become member to see what's wrong.

Episode 7 - The Imposter

First Aired: February. 17,1979

Dick Turpin's adversaries, Sir Glutton and Captain Spiker, orders a soldier, Miller, to harass the civil population in Turpin's name to make him hated and friendless. Even Swiftnick believes the plot.

Episode 6 - The Blacksmith

First Aired: February. 10,1979

Episode 5 - The Pursuit

First Aired: February. 03,1979

Episode 4 - The Poacher

First Aired: January. 27,1979

Episode 3 - The Champion

First Aired: January. 20,1979

Mudbury village is being terrorized by the fanatical Nightingale and his bully, Hogg. Turpin decides to help the villagers by enlisting a champion of his own, Tom Bracewell, a prizefighter whose alias is ""The Bristol Butcher.""

Episode 2 - The Capture

First Aired: January. 13,1979

Thinking that Nick Smith is too young to live life on the road with a highwayman, Turpin tries to get him some respectable employment, but Sir John soon makes it impossible for the boy to make an honest living.

Episode 1 - Swiftnick

First Aired: January. 06,1979

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 with Sir John.