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.
Episode menu
Series 5, Episode 6 - Mine's A Large One
The commissioner instigates a job-swap scheme that sees Dave and Bob joining the River Police. Initially indignant at the downgrade to such a pitifully slow, unimportant role, they soon begin to see the advantages of a quiet life on the Thames. Not that aquatic policing doesn't come with its own unique risks...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 18th February 1997
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Grace Mattaka | Fiona |
| Andrew Lancel | Bryant |
| Malcolm McFee | Roberts |
| Larry Dann | Hawkeye |
| Steve Knight | Writer |
| Mike Whitehill | Writer |
| Graeme Harper | Director |
| Nic Phillips | Producer |
| Mark Sangster | Editor |
| Andy Hamilton | Production Designer |
| Susie Parriss (as Sue Parriss) | Casting Director |
| Paddy Stern | Casting Director |
| Rebecca Allen | Costume Designer |
| Peter Morgan | Director of Photography |
| Susan Ayling | Make-up Designer |
| Keith Strachan | Composer |
| Matthew Strachan | Composer |
| Jake Wright | 1st Assistant Director |