Broadcast
There were two series, both of 13 episodes, made by Gatetarn, Seacastle productions for LWT and a feature-length episode made in-association with
RKO pictures in the US called
Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure, which was shown in US cinemas. In the UK, Series one was screened as thirteen episodes in 1979, the first seven episodes of series two were shown in 1980, the remaining six episodes were shown in 1982 after a five-part version of
Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure was shown in 1981, making four series on transmission.
The series (26 episodes) was screened on
Fernsehen der DDR 1 (series one from May until August 1980 and series two from March until June 1981) with repeats of both series in 1983. French channel
Antenne 2 screened all 26 episodes in the youth programme
Recre A2 under the title
Dick le Rebelle in a late afternoon slot between 11 December 1981 and 11 June 1982 and then repeating series one from 15 June 1983 to 21 September 1983 and series two between 18 September 1985 and 11 December 1985. The Austrian channel
ORF1 screened the series in 1982 and 1983, the West German channel
RTL Plus screened the series in 1985 and between 1987 and 1988. In May 1987, the new French channel Canal+ screened 'new episodes' the five-part version of
Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure on their encrypted service. Germany's
WEST 3 screened the series between 1990 and 1991 and
Tele 5 in 1992. The last German repeats were by
ARD in October 1993 and DFI western movies in 1998. The series has been repeated back on UK Channel Plus in 2012, radio broadcasts of the episodes The Fox and Sentenced to Death were shown on digital channel Radio Gold, more episodes were promised but never materialized in its initial run. In July 2016 two further episodes appeared on the Radio station without any scheduled series, the station confirmed that the show would be used to fill gaps rather than a scheduled series.
Cast
with:
Dick Turpin's Greatest Adventure (only);
