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Capturing highwayman Dick Turpin (Richard O'Sullivan) has so far proven impossible to Sir John (Christopher Benjamin) and his right hand man Captain Spiker (David Daker) because Turpin has strong support from the peasants who celebrate him as their folk hero and thus do their best to hide him whenever in need - peasants like Amos (William Moore), the uncle of Turpin's sidekick Swiftnick (Michael Deeks). So Sir John and Spiker come up with a devillish plan, they have one of their ranks, Miller (John Patrick), pose as Dick Turpin to discredit him with the locals by committing heinous crimes against them. The plan works, though for the longest time Swiftnick stands by Turpin's side - until the fake Miller shoots his uncle, and Swiftnick has every reason to believe it was the real one. And as a consequence he shoots and almost kills Turpin - and he would have died to if it wasn't for loveable crook Rag, who drags him to his hideout and slowly nurses him back to health. Now Sir John, Spiker and Miller of course know nothing of this turn of events, and when Swiftnick learns the next day that a healthy Turpin has raided a church while he knows Turpin to be (at best) badly wounded, he puts two and two together and tracks Turpin down to ask for forgiveness, which Turpin grants of course. Turpin and Swiftnick learn that the fake Turpin will strike next at a local fair, and they infiltrate the fair dressed up as shepherds - and manage to overcome Miller and unmask him as a fraud.

An actually quite intelligent episode that goes beyond pure adventure and asks questions about one's public image and the tarnishing of one's reputation, and how easily public opinion is swayed one way or the other. However, all of this is rolled into a fittingly light-footed swashbuckler that counteracts the seriousness of its topic with plenty of humour and irony, with all the regulars giving their usual solid performances, to make this a fun watch indeed.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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