Help! I'm A Teenage Outlaw =

Help! I'm A Teenage Outlaw is a British television program filmed in the Czech Republic. The show follows three hapless outlaws during the English civil war, who are trying to bring justice back to the land.

SYNOPSIS

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 werent 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 to!(1)

Cast

Lucinda Dryzek - Lady Devereux / DeeDee Benjamin Smith - Tom A.K.A Swiftnick Eliot Otis Walters - Moses Brian Hibbard - Sir John Steve O'Donnell - Captain Watt Mattew Curtis - Food Tester George Pearcy - Giles

Characters

Tom - Sorting through the belongings of his dead mother, 12-year-old Tom York discovers that she was the notorious highwaywoman Swiftnick - a role she inherited from her father, 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.

Moses - Tom is joined in his risky venture by his best friend Moses, a precocious ten-year-old who fancies himself as an inventor but whose creations rarely work.

DeeDee - Deedee is a tomboy who is more courageous, resourceful and capable than the two lads put together. Although, like the others, Deedee masquerades as a peasant, she is actually Lady Devereux, the lady of the local castle.

Sir John Snakelaw - The Devereux castle has been commandeered by her uncle, the evil Sir John Snakelaw, who imposes crippling taxes on the local populace. Sir John is supported by a motley crew including Captain Watt and a hapless pair of guards, Terry and Nigel. He also has a food taster whose ingestion of poison has prematurely aged him so that he looks 50 rather than 20.

Giles - Sir John's son, the spoilt Giles, has a crush on Lady Devereux but it is strictly one way.

PLOT SUMMARY

The outlaw gang go up against Sir John every week and somehow manage to outwit him, Sir John's charges being even more inept than the gang themselves. Tom has eyes for her Ladyship but he believes he has only spied her from afar for neither he nor Moses are aware that she and Deedee are one and the same.

CANCELLATION

During the filming of the shows second series the show was axed. Three episodes of the second series were originally shown on ITV1, however in repeats on Nickelodeon and ABC several extra episodes have been shown.

MEDIA

The official website has been taken down permenantly.

The first four episodes of series one are currently available on the ABC shop website for region 4 customers.

SOURCES

(1) Region four dvd synopsis copyright Australian Broadcasting Corporation