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Captain Spiker (David Daker) is to deliver from a letter Sir John Glutton (Christopher Benjamin) that contains quite a bit of treason to ... whoever it is really, it's not exactly made clear. But on his way to whoever, Spiker's robbed by two lowly highwaymen (Forbes Collins, Griffith Davies), and saved by Big Nell (Joan Rhodes). Learning this, Sir John arrests Big Nell and convicts her to be hanged, for the sole reason to employ his arch-nemesis, highwayman Dick Turpin (Richard O'Sullivan), to retrieve the letter. And Dick makes a good job about it, too, until he's intercepted by Major Von Gerhardt (Stephen Greif), who somehow gets the letter of Dick and ties up him and his entourage - also including his sidekick Swirtnick (Michael Deeks) and sexy blonde Julia (Heather Wright) - making it Spiker's task to free them. And ultimately, Dick catches up with Von Gerhardt in Sir John's palace where he wins the letter back in a duel before the major makes a honourable retreat and Sir John has his honour he doesn't even deserve restored, and Big Nell is set free.

With a key cast like Dick Turpin has, it's hard to make a bad show, also thanks to pretty well-written dialogue of course - but this episode almost succeeds as its story makes so little sense, especially since it does little to explain its historical backgrounds (if there even are any), and all its character motivations seem forced. On top of that, some characters aren't even properly introduced into the story, like Heather Wright's role that serves as little more than eye candy. But thankt so a good cast and dynamic direction, this is still good entertainment, and at least the last scene with Swiftnick so frustrated to not get "the girl" that he wants to kiss his horse is pretty spirited even.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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