The Detectives. Image shows from L to R: Dave Briggs (Robert Powell), Bob Louis (Jasper Carrott). Copyright: Celador Productions
The Detectives
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1993 - 1997
- 31 episodes (5 series)
Sitcom starring Robert Powell and Jasper Carrott as Dave Briggs and Bob Louis, the Met's most incompetent detectives. Stars Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell and George Sewell.
Episode menu
Thicker Than Water
It's Christmas Eve and the latest in a spate of muggings by a man in a Father Christmas costume is reported. Briggs and Louis are sent out to investigate the suspects, but end up quite literally bumping into Bob's half-brother, Kelvin...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 23rd December 1995
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Philip Whitchurch | Kelvin (Bob's Half-brother) |
| Hilary Mason | First Old Lady |
| Richard Clews | Santa 1 |
| Freddie Stuart | Santa 2 |
| Gordon Salkilld | Santa 3 |
| Tony Purnell | Chestnut Vendor |
| Sakuntala Ramanee | Cashier |
| Barbara Keogh | Second Old Lady |
| Steve Knight | Writer |
| Mike Whitehill | Writer |
| Graeme Harper | Director |
| Nic Phillips | Executive Producer |
| Mark Sangster | Editor |
| Andy Hamilton | Production Designer |
| Keith Strachan | Composer |
| Matthew Strachan | Composer |