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Release Date:
27 January 1993 (UK) more
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In the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are... more
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Good, clean fun more (9 total)
Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 3 of 15)| Jasper Carrott | ... | Bob Louis (31 episodes, 1993-1997) | |
| Robert Powell | ... | Dave Briggs (31 episodes, 1993-1997) | |
| George Sewell | ... | Superintendent Cottam (28 episodes, 1993-1997) |
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UK:30 min (29 episodes) | UK:50 min (1 episode)
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Began as a series of occasional short sketches on "Canned Carrott" (1990). It was eventually developed into a full-scale sitcom. more
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Detective Constable David 'Dave' Ian Lovelace Briggs:
[Dave and Bob are dressed as hippies to get into a road protesters' camp] You're loving this, aren't you?
Detective Constable Robert 'Bob' Elvis Aaron Louis:
[flicking his long blonde wig around] What?
Detective Constable David 'Dave' Ian Lovelace Briggs:
Having hair.
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Referenced in Red Dwarf: Back from the Dead - Series VII (2005) (V) more
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This show was, and still is, great fun as the two leading roles play off of each other perfectly. No-one else could play the ever insecure roles of Briggs and Louis as well as Powell and Carrott. This show, to the best of my recollection, was never touted as a TV classic and was meant to be one of those programmes that everyone loves. It was very successful in that. The only person who I have ever heard say they did not like it was American and, by their own admission, did not get some of the 'British humour'. This show was a class act all the way.