Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw
| Help! I'm A Teenage Outlaw | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Children |
| Created by | Andy Watts & Holly Lyons |
| Starring |
Benjamin Smith, Eliot Otis Brown Walters, Lucinda Dryzek, with Brian Hibbard, and George Pearcy |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | 20th Century Fox |
| Location(s) | Czech Republic |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | ITV Network (CITV) |
| Original release | 22 October 2004 – 2 May 2006 |
Help! I'm A Teenage Outlaw is a British television programme filmed in the Czech Republic and first aired on CITV. The show follows three hapless outlaws during the English Civil War, who are trying to bring justice back to the land.
The year is 1643, a time of civil war in England and Wales.
When twelve-year-old Tom York inherits the family business, he discovers that his mother was the wild and daring highwayman Swiftnick - a title which now passes to Tom. But the last thing Tom needs is a dangerous and poorly paid after school job. Having said that, he does look kind of cool in his outlaw mask...
Tom loves the fame and glory that comes with the title Swiftnick. Seeing his pictures on wanted posters is quite a kick. If only it weren't from the dangerous highway stuff, this would be the perfect job for him. Tom's vanity is coupled with an overblown sense of his ability as a highwayman: his vanity and over confidence regularly land him and his gang in trouble. If things get a little to dangerous, Tom isn't above taking a non confrontational approach to hold-ups; he's quite prepared to lie, cheat, charm, trick, scam and beg. And if those ploys don't work he can run fast too!(1)
The Swifnick Gang (Tom, Moses and Deedee) will face different problems and will have to solve them in the most bizarre ways. They will set out their adventures together...defeating Sir John and robbing coaches.
Lucinda Dryzek as Lady Devereux/DeeDee
Benjamin Smith as Tom A.K.A. Swiftnick
Eliot Otis Walters as Moses
Brian Hibbard as Sir John
Steve O'Donnell as Captain Watt
Mattew Curtis as Food Tester
George Pearcy as Giles
Tom - Sorting through the belongings of his dead mother, 12-year-old Tom York discovers that she was the notorious highwaywoman Swiftnick - a role he inherited from his mother, the original Swiftnick. Though something of a coward, Tom dons a mask and, having decided he looks dashing enough, takes up the mantle to continue the family tradition.He is obnoxious and has a soft spot for Lady Devereux.Tom would do anything to get money and would sometimes end up with a rubbish plan like when he and Moses dressed up as women to get in the castle in the episode "Kidnapped". Tom thinks extremely highly of himself and presents himself as someone who is nearly unbeatable, when he perfectly well knows he is not.
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