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The Detectives

  • TV Series
  • 1993–1997
  • 50m
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7.4/10
1.6K
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The Detectives (1993)
SitcomSlapstickComedyCrime

In the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... al... Read allIn the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong.In the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong.

  • Stars
    • Jasper Carrott
    • Robert Powell
    • George Sewell
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    7.4/10
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    • Stars
      • Jasper Carrott
      • Robert Powell
      • George Sewell
    • 11User reviews
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    Jasper Carrott
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    • Bob Louis
    Robert Powell
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    • Dave Briggs
    George Sewell
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    Frank Windsor
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    Tony Selby
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    Lee Cornes
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    Anthony Valentine
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    Jason Hall
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    Kristy Bruce
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    Pete Pastore
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    • Trivia
      Began as a series of occasional short sketches on Canned Carrott (1990). It was eventually developed into a full-scale sitcom.
    • Quotes

      Briggs: [Dave and Bob are dressed as hippies to get into a road protesters' camp] You're loving this, aren't you?

      Louie: [flicking his long blonde wig around] What?

      Briggs: Having hair.

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      Edited into Auntie's Bloomers: Auntie's New Bloomers 3 (1995)

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    Good, clean fun

    This show was, and still is, great fun as the two leading roles play off of each other perfectly. No-one else could play the ever insecure roles of Briggs and Louis as well as Powell and Carrott. This show, to the best of my recollection, was never touted as a TV classic and was meant to be one of those programmes that everyone loves. It was very successful in that. The only person who I have ever heard say they did not like it was American and, by their own admission, did not get some of the 'British humour'. This show was a class act all the way.
    • Bulldog7
    • Jul 19, 2002
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    • Release date
      • January 27, 1993 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Detektywi
    • Production company
      • Celador Productions
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    • Runtime
      50 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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