Carry On Dick apparently successful in wiping out crime and lawlessness – using all manner of traps and tricks to round the criminals up. However their main target is the notorious Richard "Big Dick" Turpin (Sid James), a highwayman who has evaded capture and succeeded in even robbing Sir Roger and his prim wife (Margaret Nolan) of their money and clothing. After this humiliation, Turpin becomes the Bow Street Runners' most wanted man, and thus Captain Fancey is assigned to go undercover and catch the famous Dick Turpin and bring him to justice. The Bow Street Runners nearly succeed in apprehending Turpin and
Dick Penner sold over 250,000 copies. The song has since been covered by several other artists, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, on their album "Cosmo's Factory", and was featured in the movie "" as the favorite song on the jukebox of Zefram Cochrane (James Cromwell); played by Cochrane while meeting with the Vulcans who landed on Earth after detecting his first warp flight, the song is the first element of Human culture shared with an alien race. Penner, now retired, was a professor of English literature at the University of Tennessee. Wade & Dick – The College Kids Dick Penner Recordings of "Ooby-Dooby"