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Turtle's Progress is a British television series broadcast between 1979 and 1980. The offbeat humour of the show attracted a small but cult audience, and the show only ran for two series.

First Aired

1979-04-23
Last Aired

1980-07-11
Creator
Genre

Drama, Comedy
Seasons

2
Episodes

13
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

ITV1

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Season 1

Season 2

1. Box One

Turtle opens the first of the safe deposit boxes. Its owner is a crooked gentleman named Bullitt who r...More

Turtle opens the first of the safe deposit boxes. Its owner is a crooked gentleman named Bullitt who runs a protection racket with publicans as his victims, and there is enough evidence in the box to put him away for several years. Turtle, who is very fond of publicans, plans to turn the tables on him.Less

50mins 1979-04-23

2. Box Two

Turtle and Eddie's next hoard contains, in Supt. Rafferty's words, "skeletons from cupboards, dynamite...More

Turtle and Eddie's next hoard contains, in Supt. Rafferty's words, "skeletons from cupboards, dynamite, and the dirt from under a lot of carpets." And they would rather not be in posession of a war-hero general's last will and testament - particularly when his throat-cutting ex-colour sergeant shows up.Less

50mins 1979-04-30

3. Box Three

Turtle and Eddie find themselves in posession of papers belonging to Al Shapiro, one of the most ruthl...More

Turtle and Eddie find themselves in posession of papers belonging to Al Shapiro, one of the most ruthless contract assassins in the business. With enough incriminating evidence to earn him life sentences in several countries, the pair are handling something more dangerous than dynamite!Less

50mins 1979-05-07

4. Box Four

Box number four is the property of one Ras Patel, a vicious property racketeer who is exploiting pover...More

Box number four is the property of one Ras Patel, a vicious property racketeer who is exploiting poverty-stricken Asian immigrants while running a highly corrupt empire in his native country. Turtle quickly sees an opportunity to perform a philanthropic deed - at no cost to himself.Less

50mins 1979-05-14

5. Box Five

Shocks for Turtle and Razor Eddie - Rafferty announces on television that he has one of the first real...More

Shocks for Turtle and Razor Eddie - Rafferty announces on television that he has one of the first real leads on the case of the missing deposit boxes: jewels belonging to the lovely socialite, Elspeth Partington-Jeffries. Then, Turtle learns that they are fakes.Less

50mins 1979-05-21

6. Box Six

Turtle and Eddie set out to bring a crooked casino owner to justice when the latest box is found to co...More

Turtle and Eddie set out to bring a crooked casino owner to justice when the latest box is found to contain evidence of blackmail and computerised fraud. In doing so, they have the unconventional help of an ambitious senior Army officer - although their old enemy Rafferty is not far behind.Less

50mins 1979-06-04

7. Box Seven

A new box is opened, revealing what seems to be hire-purchase agreements; £450 million worth, in fact....More

A new box is opened, revealing what seems to be hire-purchase agreements; £450 million worth, in fact. "Sounds like a lot of furniture", says Eddie. The men who drew up the agreements think so too. So does the CIA - and the deadly undercover man who stamped "Official Secrets Act" on them.Less