Turtle's Progress: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

It's 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.

Series details

• Title: Turtle's Progress
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 1979-04-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-07-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ITV1
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 13013
• IMDb ID: tt0078707
• TVDB ID: 259104

Cast and credited roles

• John F. Landry — Turtle
• Michael Attwell — Razor Eddie

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1979-04-23; final listed air date 1979-06-11; episode order: 7.
• Season 2: premiered 1980-05-30; final listed air date 1980-07-11; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Turtle's Progress on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.