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Creator:
Ben Elton
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Seasons:
1 | 2 full episode list
Release Date:
13 November 1995 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime more
Plot:
Various mishaps at a police station in an English Hamlet. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot! full summary
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Awards:
1 win more
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Movies That Deserve a Second Life: Comedy Edition
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User Comments:
Old-fashioned farce more (23 total)

Cast

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Rowan Atkinson ... Inspector Fowler / ... (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mina Anwar ... P.C. Habib / ... (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
James Dreyfus ... P.C. Goody / ... (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
Serena Evans ... Sergeant Dawkins / ... (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
David Haig ... D.I. Grim / ... (14 episodes, 1995-1996)
Rudolph Walker ... P.C. Gladstone / ... (14 episodes, 1995-1996)

Kevin Allen ... D.C. Kray / ... (7 episodes, 1995)

Mark Addy ... D.C. Boyle / ... (7 episodes, 1996)
Joy Brook ... D.C. Crockett (6 episodes, 1995)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (14 episodes)
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Australia:M | UK:15 (video rating) | Singapore:PG
Company:
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[Inspector Fowler is discussing political correctness with his constabulary and Grim thinks he is wasting his time]
Detective Inspector Derek Grim: What "ism" ever robbed a bank? What "ism" ever mugged anybody? What "ism" ever put a gun to somebody's head?
DC Gary Boyle: [Reading a book] Terrorism?
Detective Inspector Derek Grim: Yeah alright. What "ism" ever threatened the security of the state?
DC Gary Boyle: [Still reading] Marxism?
Detective Inspector Derek Grim: What "ism" ever hurt an old lady?
DC Gary Boyle: Sadism?
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14 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
Old-fashioned farce, 26 October 2002
8/10
Author: budikavlan from Irving, TX

This series was a bit of a step back for Elton and Atkinson after the audaciously original Blackadder and Mr. Bean series. The Thin Blue Line is an old-fashioned farce set in a city police station. That's not to say it's bad--it's actually very funny, just not anything groundbreaking. A lot of the humor derives from playing stereotypes against themselves: our heroes are bumbling cops who manage to make fools of themselves while eventually solving the crimes and making fools of the bad guys (not to mention the detective division) in the end. Goody, who could be described as a flaming heterosexual, manages to combine a full repertoire of "nelly" mannerisms with a hopeless crush on Habib. Habib herself is both a stereotype (attractive young female character constantly pursued by almost every male character) and a skewerer of stereotypes. This show has its cake and eats it too, but the viewer is too busy laughing to question any of it. And in the tradition of the best British farces, it goes to unbelievable lengths to track down and hammer home every conceivable double entendre and smutty one-liner. When one finishes groaning and/or laughing, one can't help but admire such perseverance in the pursuit of craft.

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