The Best Episodes of Dick Turpin Season 1

Episode Rankings

1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   6.9/10(43 votes)

   #1 - Swiftnick

   S1:E11/6/1979

   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

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   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
2. 

   6.9/10(32 votes)

   #2 - The Capture

   S1:E21/13/1979

   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:Gerry Poulson

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:Gerry Poulson

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
3. 

   6.8/10(28 votes)

   #3 - The Champion

   S1:E31/20/1979

   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:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
4. 

   7.2/10(27 votes)

   #4 - The Poacher

   S1:E41/27/1979

   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:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
5. 

   6.6/10(27 votes)

   #5 - The Pursuit

   S1:E52/3/1979

   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:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
6. 

   6.8/10(27 votes)

   #6 - The Blacksmith

   S1:E62/10/1979

   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:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
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7. 

   7.0/10(25 votes)

   #7 - The Imposter

   S1:E72/17/1979

   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:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:James Allen

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
8. 

   6.5/10(25 votes)

   #8 - The Upright Man

   S1:E82/24/1979

   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:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
9. 

   7.1/10(23 votes)

   #9 - The Whipping Boy

   S1:E93/3/1979

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

   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter

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   Director:Charles Crichton

   Writer:Richard Carpenter
10. 

    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #10 - The Hero

    S1:E103/10/1979

    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

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Richard Carpenter
11. 

    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #11 - The Turncoat

    S1:E113/17/1979

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

    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Richard Carpenter

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    Director:Gerry Poulson

    Writer:Richard Carpenter
12. 

    6.8/10(21 votes)

    #12 - The Hostages

    S1:E123/24/1979

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

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Richard Carpenter

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Richard Carpenter
13. 

    6.8/10(22 votes)

    #13 - Jail-Birds

    S1:E133/31/1979

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

    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Richard Carpenter

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    Director:Charles Crichton

    Writer:Richard Carpenter