Bumbling detective constables usually end up solving their cases, to the despair of their superintendent. Based on a short sketch in Carrott's stand-up show Canned Carrott.
Show Details:
Start date: Jan 1993
End date: Dec 1997
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 31 eps
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime/Mystery
End date: Dec 1997
Status: cancelled/ended
Network(s): BBC One (UK)
Run time: 30 min
Episodes: 31 eps
Genre(s): Comedy, Crime/Mystery
Credits:
- Jasper Carrott as Detective Constable Robert 'Bob' Elvis Aaron Louis
- Robert Powell as Detective Constable David 'Dave' Ian Lovelace Briggs
- George Sewell as Detective Superintendant Frank Cottam
Episode list & details from:
TVmaze •
TV.com
| Episode # | Original Air Date |
Titles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||||
| 1. | 1-1 | 27 Jan 93 | What the Butler Saw | |
| 2. | 1-2 | 03 Feb 93 | Hostage | |
| 3. | 1-3 | 10 Feb 93 | Teed Off | |
| 4. | 1-4 | 17 Feb 93 | Acting Constables | |
| 5. | 1-5 | 24 Feb 93 | Studs | |
| 6. | 1-6 | 03 Mar 93 | Strangers in Paradise | |
| Season 2 | ||||
| 7. | 2-1 | 02 Mar 94 | Collared | |
| 8. | 2-2 | 09 Mar 94 | Witness | |
| 9. | 2-3 | 16 Mar 94 | Never Without Protection | |
| 10. | 2-4 | 23 Mar 94 | Dutch Cops | |
| 11. | 2-5 | 30 Mar 94 | Sparring Partners | |
| 12. | 2-6 | 06 Apr 94 | Rear Window | |
| Season 3 | ||||
| 13. | 3-1 | 09 Jan 95 | D.C. of Love | |
| 14. | 3-2 | 16 Jan 95 | Flash | |
| 15. | 3-3 | 23 Jan 95 | Art Attack | |
| 16. | 3-4 | 30 Jan 95 | On Thin Ice | |
| 17. | 3-5 | 06 Feb 95 | Between a Rock and a Hard Place | |
| 18. | 3-6 | 13 Feb 95 | Twitchers | |
| Season 4 | ||||
| 19. | 4-1 | 15 Feb 96 | The Great Escaper | |
| 20. | 4-2 | 22 Feb 96 | Fur Coat, No Knickers | |
| 21. | 4-3 | 29 Feb 96 | Back to Class | |
| 22. | 4-4 | 07 Mar 96 | Sacked | |
| 23. | 4-5 | 14 Mar 96 | The Wembley Stadium Mystery | |
| Season 5 | ||||
| 24. | 5-1 | 14 Jan 97 | Special Branch | |
| 25. | 5-2 | 21 Jan 97 | Cardiac Arrest | |
| 26. | 5-3 | 28 Jan 97 | The Beast of Hackney Marshes | |
| 27. | 5-4 | 04 Feb 97 | The Curse of the Comanches | |
| 28. | 5-5 | 11 Feb 97 | Best Man | |
| 29. | 5-6 | 18 Feb 97 | Mine's a Large One | |
| Specials | ||||
| S03. | 3-0 | 23 Dec 95 | Thicker Than Water | |
| S05. | 5-0 | 28 Dec 97 | Go West, Old Man | |