British Comedy Guide

Police Sketch

Just a little something I put together. All thoughts welcome

A local news crew is interviewing a policeman

REPORTER:

Well here I am with Sergeant Savage of West Mercia Constabulary who claims to have got the crime rate in this troubled area of Birmingham down to zero. Sergeant Savage, good afternoon

SAVAGE:

Good afternoon

REPORTER:

Well a crime rate of zero, that’s quite a claim

SAVAGE:

Yes it’s amazing what can be achieved with a bit of hard work and determination but with the help of the community we have reached an absolute state of non-criminal activity

REPORTER:

Well I’m sure the viewers at home and the other police forces would like to be let in on your secret

SAVGE:

It really is no secret; it’s a perfectly straightforward scheme. Basically, we’ve made everything legal

REPORTER:

Legal?

SAVAGE:

Yep. Murder, arson, drug dealing, you name it, it’s now legal in this part of Birmingham

REPORTER:

Well, that’s quite an unconventional tactic

SAVAGE:

Look, these things we’re going on in abundance before I joined the force. We tried everything, fines, prison sentences, poison gas…

REPORTER:

Poison gas?

SAVAGE:

A short-term pilot scheme, it was fairly sucsessful but these things carried on and the prisons were overcrowded so we did the only thing that was sensible

REPORTER:

You made all crime legal?

SAVAGE:

Yes, and as a result the crime rate has dropped significantly, not just here but in surrounding areas as well

REPORTER:

Why’s that?

SAVAGE:

Well now, all the criminals from the surrounding areas are coming into this district there by making the crime levels in those districts fall. It’s a win, win situation

REPORTER:

Yes but surely it must be a nightmare for all the law-abiding citizens who do live round here?

SAVAGE:

What do you mean?

REPORTER:

Well they won’t be able to leave their houses for all the criminals running around

SAVAGE:

Ah but there aren’t any criminals remember

REPORTER:

Well technically I suppose but….

SAVAGE:

The fact of the matter is, people were moaning about they were scared to leave their houses because of all the criminals. Now we’ve got rid of those criminals and they still refuse to leave their houses despite the fact that these criminals no longer exist. We’ve done our part, it’s up to them to do there’s

REPORTER:

These people may not technically be classed as criminals any more but they are still evil, cowardly people living off the fear they instil in the hearts of the law-abiding citizens.

SAVAGE:

Technically yes, but we’re busy drawing up the second part of our plan which will eliminate the problem once and for all

REPORTER:

And what’s that?

SAVAGE:

Well, sooner or later, every single criminal in Britain will come here. We’ll have all the rotten eggs in one basket as it were. At that point, we’ll call on our good friends in the RAF and they’ll do the rest

REPORTER:

So you’re going to put all these criminals in the RAF?

SAVAGE:

No, we’re going to nuke the place

REPORTER:

Nuke the place?

SAVAGE:

Yes nuke it, raze it to the ground, obliterate every trace of these people while the rest of us carry on with our lives without the fear of crime.

REPORTER:

I have to say it’s a bold plan and one that could cause a certain amount of objections from rational thinkers

SAVAGE:

Well of cause, if these wishy washy, namby pamby, bearded, vegetable eating, pipe smoking, bleeding heart Liberals, have a better idea then we would love to here it.

REPORTER:

Really?

SAVAGE:

Yes. We’ll ignore it then shoot them but we will listen

REPORTER:

Well Sergeant Savage, thank you very much for your time in explaining your radical plan to us. I have to say I’m very much in favour of it and I look forward to annialiting the greasy scum off the face of the earth. Back to you in the studio

There it is. I the words of Richard Richard, "Hurrah for the filth!"

I like these sorts of sketches. I'm sure something like this may have been done before but I still like it. Nice one.

Funny premise, maybe expand it to an international scale, like it's regenerated Birmingham with arms dealing and that Adnan Khashoggi has opened a new superstore - "B&Q for terrorists" etc...

Liked it, but wanted it to continue being surreal, rather than the nuke route which has been done lots before. E.g. at this point:

REPORTER:

Well they won’t be able to leave their houses for all the criminals running around

SAVAGE:

Ah but there aren’t any criminals remember

:D

could continue:

REPORTER:

Well technically I suppose but then there's no deterrent for bad things like murder to happen.

SAVAGE:

We've reclassified murder as a good thing. In fact everything that WAS bad is good, and everything that was good, stays good. It's all good.

Reporter: what? Etc... Savage: sad reclassified as happy and now the orphanage and heroin dens are the happiest places in britain etc...

Sehr gut :)

Yeah funny sketch, me like much. If it was set in a studio it would be very Bremner, Bird and Fortune.

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