
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 | |