The Detectives
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1993 - 1997
- 31 episodes (5 series)
Sitcom starring Robert Powell and Jasper Carrott as Dave Briggs and Bob Louis, the Met's most incompetent detectives. Stars Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell and George Sewell.
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Series 4, Episode 4 - Sacked
At Cottam's reitrement party, Bob and Dave mistake his female successor for the stripper they've booked. An authoritarian, she doesn't take kindly to the mistake and submits them for psychological testing under threat of the sack...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 7th March 1996
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Frank Windsor | Chief Superintendent |
| Tony Selby | Sgt. 'Nozzer' Richardson |
| Ann Mitchell | Superintendent Simmons |
| Paul Bigley | Clown |
| Pamela Cundell | Granny-o-gram |
| Anthony Jackson | First Copper |
| Mark Steel | Pike (Second Copper) |
| Jeremy Turner-Welch | Third Copper |
| Faith Flint | Amanda |
| Dicken Ashworth | Derek (Landlord) |
| Max Digby | D.C. Hopkins |
| Edward Highmore | Doctor |
| Steve Knight | Writer |
| Mike Whitehill | Writer |
| Steve Knight | Director |
| Nic Phillips | Executive Producer |
| Mark Sangster | Editor |
| Andy Hamilton | Production Designer |
| Keith Strachan | Composer |
| Matthew Strachan | Composer |