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Dick Turpin
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Before I order yet another dvd compilation, was the Dick Turpin series from the 70s/80s as good as I remember? Starred Richard O'Sullivan (whatever happened to him?)
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I just about remember this series, but don't recall it inspiring me to dress up as a highwayman and I always dressed up as favourite characters from film and TV when I was tiny.
I've been watching re-runs of 'I, Claudius' recently and am surprised how stagey and hammy it looks compared with modern TV drama. Was Dick Turpin the same, I wonder?
As for Richard O' Sullivan himself, he is living in a nursing home for actors after suffering a stroke in 2003.
I've been watching re-runs of 'I, Claudius' recently and am surprised how stagey and hammy it looks compared with modern TV drama. Was Dick Turpin the same, I wonder?
As for Richard O' Sullivan himself, he is living in a nursing home for actors after suffering a stroke in 2003.
As Xanthippe says, 1970's TV looks different by comparison to today's TV.
However, Dick Turpin ( as far as I remember ) was shot on film, whereas I, Claudius was studio-bound ( again, from what I remember ), so the approach to the directing was often very different.
Sometimes those old series do stand the test of time.
Catweazle ( shot on film )stands up very well I think.
I think your appreaciation will be in relation to how much you loved the show when you originally saw it.
However, Dick Turpin ( as far as I remember ) was shot on film, whereas I, Claudius was studio-bound ( again, from what I remember ), so the approach to the directing was often very different.
Sometimes those old series do stand the test of time.
Catweazle ( shot on film )stands up very well I think.
I think your appreaciation will be in relation to how much you loved the show when you originally saw it.
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