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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.
Thinking that Nick Smith is too young to live life on the road with a highwayman, Turpin tries to get him some respectable employment, but Sir John soon makes it impossible for the boy to make an honest living.
Mudbury village is being terrorized by the fanatical Nightingale and his bully, Hogg. Turpin decides to help the villagers by enlisting a champion of his own, Tom Bracewell, a prizefighter whose alias is ""The Bristol Butcher.""
Dick Turpin's adversaries, Sir Glutton and Captain Spiker, orders a soldier, Miller, to harass the civil population in Turpin's name to make him hated and friendless. Even Swiftnick believes the plot.
Tyson Sarney, known as The Upright Man, is the leader of The Brotherhood, a gang of 'honest' criminals. Some members have lately been taken by the law, and Turpin decides to become member to see what's wrong.
Turpin and Swiftnick rob the Duke of Hertford. He makes Sir John let the whipping boy Colonel Moat impose a reign of terror in the county. A hidden plan occurs,
The young 'hero' of this episode, Nigel Ffoulkes-Withers, is passionately in love with Phyllida. However, Sir John orders Captain Spiker to marry her. To prevent that Turpin tries to be both matchspoiler and matchmaker.
Sir John Glutton conspires with the Stuart line of Kings, but a letter is intercepted again, again, again....
Swiftnick tries to commit highway robbery on his own but is intercepted by some soldiers. Turpin tries to come to his rescue him but they are both caught prisoners, and to their surprise, so are Sir Glutton and Captain Spiker.
Having witnessed the death of Joe Cutler who was chased by Lord Manderfell's armed men lead by Warren Dick Turpin and his travelling mate Swiftnick are taken prisoners. Allthough his wife Lady Julia is disgusted, Lord Manderfell forces Turpin to be the game of a 'fox hunt'.
Swiftnick breaks out of Lord Manderfell's custody and escapes on horseback. He finds the exhausted Dick Turpin and hides him. When Turpin has recovered, they see Maggot Poll, Joe Cutler's woman, but she doesn't understand, when Turpin repeats Joe's last words. Will the find the woman who understands?
Sir John Glutton is wanted for High Treason against King George. Nevertheleess he returns from France to his estate Rookham where he has letters that state the identity of many other traitors. In order to get the reward of 100 guineas Turpin and Swiftnick operate in the area.
Dick Turpin assisted by Swiftnick rescues Mary from a destiny worse than Death at the hands of Edward Favershas and his accomplices Crabtree and Melford. To get revenge Faversham hires Catherine Langford, called Kate, to assist catching Turpin.
Dick Turpin lacks money to pay for a room at The Fox but he expects Harry Sims to bring him some for stolen goods. Harry Sims is caught by soldiers led by Captain Venables who is eager to find Turpin. Instead Dr. Mandragola enters The Fox and pays for a room with his last bottle of 'elixir of life' but Turpin's nose estimates it to be whiskey. In the middle of the night the female inn-keeper wakes up Turpin, as she fears Dr. Mandragola is summoning The Devil chanting very loud. Turpin finds him very drunk on the floor. Suddenly Captain Venables and his troops enter The Fox to search for Turpin.
Dick Turpin robs 50 guineas from Lord Fordingham who is not able to recognize him. They meet in an inn later wherre Turpin calls himself Jeremiah Snare, a thief-taker. He tricks Lordfordingham to believe Captain Nathan Striker is indeed Dick Turpin.
As Swiftnick is about to be tried at the local court, Dick Turpin catches Judge Lambsfoot, a special delegate from London, takes over his identity and his role in court. But Swiftnick whispers loudly to warn him about a fingerring, so even the empty-brained Captain Spiker recognizes him.
In the year 1740 in the British-American province Maryland Governor Appleyard rules as a tyrant. He makes Noll Bridger shoot Samuel Harding who barely escapes alive. Unable to travel to England he is forced to let his daughter Jane go there with there with some dangerous papers that could topple the Governor. Noll Bridger has Jane's confidence and accompanies her when she has arived in England. Dick Turpin robs Lord and Lady Melford, but later Dick Turpin makes love to Lady Melford and gives a necklace.
Jane Harding wades into Turpin and Swiftnick, and she shows both urge and ability to steal a horse. Turpin and Swiftnick follow her traces to a boxing hall in Bristol.
Noll Bridger is insulted by Turpin's remarks about his attitude to Saul, his boxing slave, at the end of episode 2, and fights a fencers' duel with Turpin. As that is about to find its conclusion, Fytton arrives, and his men throw Turpin and Swiftnick into a prison cell already occupied by Isaac Ragg. However Saul is very grateful to Turpin.
A lot of knights of Santa Catherine dressed in hoods like later Ku Klux fanatics in USA overwhelms Turpin, Swiftnick and Jane Harding. A bizarre trial led by their power-mad leader Ignatius Slake judges Turpin to be bound to a wheel of fire which is sent rolling through the landscape.
Swiftnick helps Turpin and Jane Harding escape Noll Bridger, and shortly after he assists them sneak into a costume ball at Lord Melford's Estate where a special guest from America has arrived.
A small boy, the King's very young cousin from Germany, is the only one to escape an sttack by the cruel and spiteful highway-man Barnaby Husk. He runs into the woods and stumbles upon Isaac Rag who leads him to 'the Fox'.
Barnaby Husk seems struck by plague and is considered deadly ill but he takes Poll Maggot by surprise and escapes from 'The Fox' with the King's small cousin, Rupert, as hostage.
Toby Weston is about to hang as he has lost his farm to the lawyer, Simon Gooch, who is working for Sir Glutton who in a short notice expects a visit from his Godmother, the Duchess of Durham. In order to be her heir Sir Glutton has made her believe he is married - although he is a stubborn bachelor.
Captain Nathan Spiker hunts Turpin and Swiftnick into a forest where the secret folk, 'romani' roams and rules.
Captain Willard and his helper, Newell, recruit two young men to the King's Army by tricking them to receive a shilling each as 'assistance' in a betting game. Swiftnick liberates them, and Willard wants revenge.
A woman in need makes Dick Turpin be caught by the Captain Spiker. His execution is ordered, and later Swiftnick is put into the same cell.
