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 3, Episode 2 - Castaway
Further details
Paul Jackson decides to send the Good Guys to live on a desert island as part of a new documentary.
Beech refuses to let his men attend a survival course, as he believes his fully trained team can cope with anything. On arrival, Beach uses all their fresh water for a shower and eats all their biscuits. The Good Guys are marooned with no food or fresh water. They also have no wood for a fire so they end up burning their uniforms.
In the end, de Sade and Bill decide to rebel and look after themselves, Mark and Strings join them. Bones remains with Beach and Ray but before long Beach is beginning to have all sorts of fantasies about what tasty dishes he could create from the lovely porky Bones.
The rebels are doing very well for themselves thanks to de Sade and Bill who have managed to bribe the BBC film crew to bring them supplies.
Beach and Ray are getting hungrier and their friendship is severely tested. Matters are made worse, when they meet Donna Air (who is also filming a documentary on survival), she and Ray hit it off and she shares her food with him.
Beach tries to lure Ray back to him by showing him a lake he has found. Donna warns him it contains leaches and before long Beach is covered with them and ends up very ill. This is too much for Paul Jackson who demands the Good Guys be removed at once.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 3rd August 2000
- Time
- 10pm
- 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 |
William Scully | Bill Zeebub |
Hugo Blick | Narrator |
Paul Jackson | Self |
Donna Air | Self |
Dominic Anciano | Writer |
Ray Burdis | Writer |
Hugo Blick | Writer |
Dominic Anciano | Director |
Ray Burdis | 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 |
Nick Burnell | Production Designer |
Rupert Allan | Production Designer |
Tim Prosser | Production Designer |
Ian Culverwell | Production Designer |
Howard Lloyd | Production Designer |
Ali Brown | Costume Designer |
Stephanie Branscombe | Costume Designer |
Carla Baxter | Costume Designer |
Anna Zolotuhin | Costume Designer |
Michelle May | Costume Designer |
Caroline Rose | Make-up Designer |
John Beckett | Composer |
Jackie Hamilton-Smith | Make-up Designer |
Jane Campbell | Make-up Designer |