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Operation Good Guys

Operation Good Guys

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Two
  • 1997 - 2000
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Mockumentary. DI Beach is in charge of a group of hopeless undercover police officers. Stars David Gillespie, Ray Burdis, Dominic Anciano, Mark Burdis, Perry Benson and more.

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Series 2, Episode 4 - I Will Survive

The team are left to survive in the wild on their wits - which could spell trouble.

Further details

The Good Guys are sent on a survival course at Camp Alpha run by a man called Big Jim. They make their way there along a canal in boats and end up facing their first unofficial test. A bunch of kids on the towpath insulting them. Bones gets rid of them by throwing eggs at them but this later backfires when the dad of one of the boys bombards Beach and Ray's boat and sinks them. The Good Guys eventually reach Camp Alpha and meet Mad Jim who seems to have a rather unhealthy interest in Hitler.

Gary feels threatened by Mad Jim and his hatred of black people. Beach tries to calm Gary down but Gary won't be budged. Beach goes to see Mad Jim to ask about his politics. However Mad Jim decides to introduce Ray to his pigs. When Ray emerges from the barn he looks somewhat roughed up. The next morning Mad Jim flattens the Good Guys tents with a tank and then sets up the days exercise. They have to imagine they are tracking down a mean, godless, evil person with no soul. That part will be played by Gary (what a surprise). Gary however has the last laugh when he achieves top marks by avoiding the tank for seven hours.

That evening the Good Guys notice a burning cross across the field where they are camping. They go to investigate and they discover a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan led by Mad Jim. Beach goes to put a stop to it only to get attacked, whilst the other Good Guys scarper. Beach catches them up later hotly pursued by guard dogs.

The Good Guys escape across a river and reach a bus stop. However Beach is pulled in for having a racist message on his back painted on by Mad Jim.

Broadcast details

Date
Monday 26th July 1999
Time
9:30pm
Channel
BBC Two
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Cast
David Gillespie DI Jim Beach
Ray Burdis DS Raymond Ash
Dominic Anciano Sgt Dominic de Sade
Mark Burdis Mark Kemp
Perry Benson Bones
John Beckett Strings
Gary Beadle Gary Barwick
William Scully Bill Zeebub
Guest cast
Tony O'Leary Angry Neighbour
Sky Burdis Kid
Danny Constant Kid
Daniel Flurie Kid
Anthony Jackson Kid
Cliff Tarr Angry Father
Vanessa Spiro Vanessa
James Ramsay (as James Ramsey) Big Jim
Talia Rogers Talia
Writing team
Dominic Anciano Writer
Ray Burdis Writer
Hugo Blick Writer
Production team
Dominic Anciano Director
Ray Burdis Director
Hugo Blick Director
Dominic Anciano Producer
Ray Burdis Producer
Hugo Blick Producer
Geoffrey Perkins Executive Producer
Jim Beach Executive Producer
Mark Hudson Line Producer
Piotr Szkopiak Editor
Chris Shaw Editor
Sabina Sattar Production Designer
Nick Burnell Production Designer
Rupert Allan Production Designer
Ali Brown Costume Designer
Alish Kimber Costume Designer
Stephanie Branscombe Costume Designer
Carla Baxter Costume Designer
Jimmy Swindells Production Designer
Charlie Rudgard 1st Assistant Director

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