Its seedy London setting and sharp humour prefiguring Minder, which launched just six months later, this light-hearted ATV drama series centred on the exploits of the eponymous small-time crook first encountered in the 1975 thriller The Hanged Man. The series finds Turtle and his accomplice, retired hooligan Razor Eddie, in accidental possession of a van containing eighty safe deposit boxes - the proceeds of a major bank raid. From top-secret documents to mysterious chemical formulae, the highly valuable contents are soon being sought by their former owners, with... a new adventure unfolding as each box is opened. The lovable petty thieves may have a new source of income, but they also find themselves dodging the law, in the form of the relentless but continually thwarted Superintendent Rafferty, their fellow lawbreakers, and some altogether more sinister characters. Devised and written by Edmund Ward (The Main Chance) with guest appearances from Antony Sher, Joss Ackland and Peter Bowles, among many others, its no surprise that this fresh, witty and original series has garnered a considerable cult following. [show more]
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The complete series of the comedy following the adventures of a pair of bumbling criminals. Turtle (John F. Landry) and his ex-hooligan accomplice, Razor Eddie (Michael Attwell), have somehow managed to make off with a van full of bank safety deposits. However, stealing the boxes is one thing, selling on the goods without getting themselves in trouble with the police, their fellow criminals and those whose prized possessions they have just made off with, is something else entirely...
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