When an innkeeper is evicted by greedy landowner Sir John Glutton, and her impetuous son is branded an outlaw by the authorities, they seek help from Dick Turpin, who has an old score to settle with Sir John.

Thinking that Nick Smith is too young to live life on the road with a highwayman, Turpin tries to get him some respectable employment, but Sir John soon makes it impossible for the boy to make an honest living.

Mudbury village is being terrorized by the fanatical Nightingale and his bully, Hogg. Turpin decides to help the villagers by enlisting a champion of his own, Tom Bracewell, a prizefighter whose alias is ""The Bristol Butcher.""

Dick Turpin's adversaries, Sir Glutton and Captain Spiker, orders a soldier, Miller, to harass the civil population in Turpin's name to make him hated and friendless. Even Swiftnick believes the plot.

Tyson Sarney, known as The Upright Man, is the leader of The Brotherhood, a gang of 'honest' criminals. Some members have lately been taken by the law, and Turpin decides to become member to see what's wrong.

Turpin and Swiftnick rob the Duke of Hertford. He makes Sir John let the whipping boy Colonel Moat impose a reign of terror in the county. A hidden plan occurs,

The young 'hero' of this episode, Nigel Ffoulkes-Withers, is passionately in love with Phyllida. However, Sir John orders Captain Spiker to marry her. To prevent that Turpin tries to be both matchspoiler and matchmaker.

Sir John Glutton conspires with the Stuart line of Kings, but a letter is intercepted again, again, again....

Swiftnick wants to get his name into songs and goes off on his own. He soon learns Glutton is terrorizing two children, Jem and Nan, at Rookham Hall. Meanwhile their mother, Glutton's niece, is attacked by Foxy and Nabber, but Dick Turpin comes to the rescue.

Swiftnick tries to commit highway robbery on his own but is intercepted by some soldiers. Turpin tries to come to his rescue him but they are both caught prisoners, and to their surprise, so are Sir Glutton and Captain Spiker.