6.7/1038 votes#1 - Swiftnick
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1979
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.
Director: Charles Crichton
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 7.0/1028 votes
#2 - The Capture
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.8/1024 votes
#3 - The Champion
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 7.2/1024 votes
#4 - The Poacher
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.6/1022 votes
#5 - The Pursuit
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1979
Turpin and Swiftnick are robbed by a mysterious highwayman; a chase leads them to Mrs. Bedingfield and her two beautiful daughters, Belinda and Abigail...
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.8/1023 votes
#6 - The Blacksmith
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1021 votes
#7 - The Imposter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.6/1021 votes
#8 - The Upright Man
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/1979
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.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1021 votes
#9 - The Whipping Boy
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/1979
After the Duke of Hertford is robbed by Turpin and Swiftnick, he employs notorious thief-taker Colonel Tobias Moat to hunt them down.
Director: Dennis Abey
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.9/1020 votes
#10 - The Hero
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/1979
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!
Director: Charles Crichton
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.9/1020 votes
#11 - The Turncoat
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/17/1979
Sir John Glutton is forced to seek Turpin's help when a letter implicating him in a Jacobite plot is intercepted.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
- 6.9/1019 votes
#12 - The Hostages
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/24/1979
Swiftnick learns that Sir John is holding two children hostage at Rookham Hall, and sets out to free them - without Turpin's help.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 6.9/1020 votes
#13 - Jail-Birds
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/31/1979
Swiftnick acts in an impetuous manner, resulting in the capture of both himself and Dick Turpin.
Director: N/A
Writer: Richard Carpenter
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Richard O'Sullivan stars as Dick Turpin in this action-filled adventure series chronicling the exploits of England's most celebrated highwayman.
Genres:DramaComedy
Network:ITV1
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Swiftnick" is the best rated episode of "Dick Turpin" season 1. It scored 6.7/10 based on 38 votes. Directed by Charles Crichton and written by Richard Carpenter, it aired on 1/6/1979. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "The Capture".