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
Go West Old Man
Cottam disappears after an operation goes wrong and an unarmed bank robber is killed. Briggs and Louis are sent to track him down and bring him home, but the job is harder than it first seems.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 28th December 1997
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 50 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Rory McGrath | Tom Reid |
| John Ratzenberger | Edsel |
| Elizabeth Kelly | Mrs Connors |
| Brian Martell | Rattlesnake Jack |
| Jocelyne Loewen | Maisie |
| James Duggan | Priest |
| John Wright | Guard |
| Steve Knight | Director |
| Nic Phillips | Producer |
| Mark Sangster | Editor |
| Andy Hamilton | Production Designer |
| Susie Parriss (as Sue Parriss) | Casting Director |
| Rebecca Allen | Costume Designer |
| Peter Morgan | Director of Photography |
| Susan Ayling | Make-up Designer |
| Keith Strachan | Composer |
| Matthew Strachan | Composer |
| Jake Wright | 1st Assistant Director |