Operation Good Guys
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 1997 - 2000
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Mockumentary. DI Beach is in charge of a group of hopeless undercover police officers. Stars David Gillespie, Ray Burdis, Dominic Anciano, Mark Burdis, Perry Benson and more.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - Back To School
Further details
Following the cancellation of Operation Good Guys, the Commissioner has decided to send Beach and his team back to Hendon for re-training before the Good Guys set off for their new assignment, Operation Zorro.
Beach meanwhile, after pleading with the BBC bosses, has persuaded them to commission a new series of the documentary. He promises them that Operation Zorro will be spectacular. The Good Guys, now back in uniform, arrive at Hendon and meet their Staff Sgt (or Staff as he's known). Staff is a tough man and picks on Beach mercilessly and insists on calling him Bitch. Mark meanwhile is appointed as Staff's assistant but only after Staff finds out that Mark is the commissioner's nephew.
The Good Guys all have sessions with a therapist and go through rigorous training and Mark loves being able to boss them all about. They split into two teams for a teamwork exercise and Beach and Strings are the captains.
Ash is a little surprised when Beach chooses de Sade and Bill Zeebub from the ART and not him. Staff however intervenes and makes de Sade and Bill go with Strings and Bones, and Gary go with Beach. Then he puts Ash on Beach's team as well.
Strings's team get through the exercise with no problems. Beach's team are out there until around midnight. Finally their week's training comes to an end, but Beach and the Good Guys decide it's time to rebel. They sneak out of their dorm for a few pints (even Mark joins them). However they are caught on their return, as Gary has had rather too many.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 5th July 1999
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC Two
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
David Gillespie | DI Jim Beach |
Ray Burdis | DS Raymond Ash |
Dominic Anciano | Sgt Dominic de Sade |
Mark Burdis | Mark Kemp |
Perry Benson | Bones |
John Beckett | Strings |
Gary Beadle | Gary Barwick |
Hugo Blick | Hugo Crippin |
William Scully | Bill Zeebub |
Hugo Blick | Narrator |
Tony O'Leary | Angry Neighbour |
Jim Beach | The Commissioner |
Damien Anciano | The Psycho-analyst |
Amy Clare Seccombe | The Medic |
Charles Verrall | Vladi |
Alan Yentob | Self |
Paul Jackson | Self |
Geoffrey Perkins | Self |
Dominic Anciano | Writer |
Ray Burdis | Writer |
Hugo Blick | Writer |
Dominic Anciano | Director |
Ray Burdis | Director |
Hugo Blick | Director |
Dominic Anciano | Producer |
Ray Burdis | Producer |
Hugo Blick | Producer |
Geoffrey Perkins | Executive Producer |
Jim Beach | Executive Producer |
Mark Hudson | Line Producer |
Piotr Szkopiak | Editor |
Chris Shaw | Editor |
Sabina Sattar | Production Designer |
Nick Burnell | Production Designer |
Rupert Allan | Production Designer |
Ali Brown | Costume Designer |
Alish Kimber | Costume Designer |
Stephanie Branscombe | Costume Designer |
Carla Baxter | Costume Designer |
John Beckett | Composer |
Jimmy Swindells | Production Designer |
Charlie Rudgard | 1st Assistant Director |