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
Series 2, Episode 2 - Witness
When a monk is the sole witness to a mafia killing at a London railway station, Briggs and Louis are instructed to accompany him to the safety of his monastery in Cumbria - a silent order.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th March 1994
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Frank Windsor | Chief Superintendent |
| Christopher Ellison (as Chris Ellison) | Chief Superintendent Lomax |
| Don Henderson | Brother Ryan |
| Shend | Tall Murderer |
| Michael Redfern | Copper |
| Ben Lobb | Copper 2 |
| Farimang Singhateh | Copper 3 |
| Linda Regan | Barmaid |
| David J. Nicholls | P.C. Terry |
| Steve Knight | Writer |
| Mike Whitehill | Writer |
| Ed Bye | Director |
| Ed Bye | Producer |
| Nic Phillips | Executive Producer |
| Graham Hutchings | Editor |
| Andy Hamilton | Production Designer |
| Keith Strachan | Composer |
| Matthew Strachan | Composer |