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"Dick Turpin" (1979)TV series 1979-1982

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Overview

Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 more
Release Date:
6 January 1979 (UK) more
Genre:
Drama | Adventure more
Plot:
The eighteenth century, swashbuckling adventures of Britain's legendary highwayman. When he returned from military service in Flanders... more
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Cast

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Richard O'Sullivan ... Dick Turpin (31 episodes, 1979-1982)
Michael Deeks ... Swiftnick / ... (31 episodes, 1979-1982)
Christopher Benjamin ... Sir John Glutton (14 episodes, 1979-1982)
David Daker ... Captain Nathan Spiker (13 episodes, 1979-1982)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (31 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
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2 out of 25 people found the following comment useful:-
Britain's finest, 28 March 2001
Author: jfurioli_2000 from New York

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.

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