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Season 1
January 6, 1979

Season 1

01. Swiftnick

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.

30min
January 6, 1979

02. The Capture

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.

30min
January 13, 1979

03. The Champion

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.

30min
January 20, 1979

04. The Poacher

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.

30min
January 27, 1979

05. The Pursuit

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

30min
February 3, 1979

06. The Blacksmith

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.

30min
February 10, 1979

07. The Imposter

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.

30min
February 17, 1979

08. The Upright Man

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.

30min
February 24, 1979

09. The Whipping Boy

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

30min
March 3, 1979

10. The Hero

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!

30min
March 10, 1979

11. The Turncoat

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

30min
March 17, 1979

12. The Hostages

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

30min
March 24, 1979

13. Jail-Birds

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

30min
March 31, 1979