British Comedy Guide
The Detectives. Image shows from L to R: Dave Briggs (Robert Powell), Bob Louis (Jasper Carrott). Copyright: Celador Productions
The Detectives

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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The Detectives trivia

The epnoymous detectives, Briggs and Louis, were first seen in sketches during the successful late 1980s series, Canned Carrott.

Briggs and Louis made a return to TV screens for a two-part short story during the 2012 sketch show special, The One Jasper Carrott.

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