Smuggler(1981)

Smuggler is a period adventure series set during the Napoleonic Wars. Oliver Tobias plays Jack Vincent, a roguish ex-British naval captain who has turned to smuggling to survive. Resourceful and quick with a blade, Vincent navigates the treacherous waters of early 1800s commerce with help from Sarah and the cunning petty thief Honesty Evans. Together they outwit the relentless Excise Men determined to stop their illicit operations. The show blends swashbuckling action with the cat-and-mouse tension of evading authorities, capturing the grit and cunning required to thrive in the smuggling trade during one of history's most turbulent periods.