Dick Turpin: The Complete Series on DVD

Network releases Dick Turpin: The Complete Series on 8th September 2008. This five-disc collection brings together all three series - ‘Dick Turpin Series 1’, ‘Dick Turpin Series 2’ and ‘Dick Turpin’s Greatest Adventure’.

Created and produced by the distinguished team of Richard Carpenter (Robin of Sherwood, Smuggler), Paul Knight (The Adventures of Black Beauty, London’s Burning) and Sidney Cole (The Adventures of Robin Hood), Dick Turpin was a popular TV series transmitted between 1979 and 1982.

The series stars Richard O’Sullivan (Alcock and Gander, Man About The House, Robin’s Nest) as Dick Turpin, England’s most infamous highwayman making his own justice in an unfair world. We follow him and his trusted sidekick Swiftnick (Michael Deeks) as they dodge capture, perform good deeds and attempt to evade the attentions of the villainous Sir John Glutton (Christopher Benjamin). Other notable cast members include Donald Pleasance, Susan Hampshire and Diana Dors.