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Highwayman Dick Turpin (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sidekick Swiftnick (Michael Deeks) are taking a break by the wayside when a dying man stumbles upon them, Cutler (Godfrey Jackman), a highwayman like Turpin and indeed his friend. Before he breathes his last, he asks Turpin to deliver a cryptic message to his ladybird - only he dies before he can tell him who his "ladybird" actually is. Shortly after this, Turpin and Swiftnick are surrounded by Lord Manderfell (Donald Pickering) and his men, who have pursued Cutler and are now sure that Turpin and Swiftnick are his allies. So they are taken in, but when Manderfell questions Turpin about the loot, Turpin remains mum, so he decides to make Turpin the game of his next "foxhunt" since he's a hunter at heart. Turpin is chased almost to exhaustion when he crosses paths with Poll (Annabelle Lee), who's presently driving Cutler's body to the cemetary, and she hides Turpin from the hunting party. Turpin figues she must be the ladybird in question, but she won't even listen to Cutler's message. Ultimately, Manderfell's hounds pick up Turpin's scent again, and he can only escape thanks to Swiftnick, who has since managed to break out of Manderfell's jail. Together, the two make it to Poll's pub to deliver Cutler's message, but she can make neither heads nor tails of it - and then Dick has an epiphany and figures the "ladybird" must actually be Manderfell's wife (Sarah Bullen), who's actually Cutler's sister - and catching her in an unguarded moment she confirms Turpin's suspicions and actually manages to make sense of Cutler's message. So they travel to fetch Cutler's loot, which she needs to start a new life, having been forced to marry Manderfell. However, once they have their hands on the loot, they're interrupted by Manderfell, who ultimately challenges Turpin to a duel - which Turpin ultimately wins, upon which he forces Manderfell to let his wife go with all the loot.

The manhunt idea sure is a spirited one, but in all this episode by and large lacks the humour this series has become known for and instead works too hard to make Dick Turpin into an unblemished hero rather than a loveable rogue. On the other hand though, this double-episode moves along swiftly enough amd contains plenty of action, so it's sure to entertain, it's just not one of the better entries into the series.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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