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 3, Episode 2 - Flash
The morning after the Met Police Gala, Bob and Dave are sent to interview a suspected flasher at Paddington Green. Meanwhile, an obscure junior aristocrat finds himself on a drugs charge.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 16th January 1995
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Francis Matthews | Duke of Connemara |
| Michael Troughton | Marquess of Tipperary |
| Richard Syms | Janitor |
| Gary Beadle | Uniformed Constable |
| Alan David | Sergeant |
| Cal McCrystal | Flash Gordon |
| Simon Slater | D.I. Simpson |
| Eamonn Walker | D.I. Tyler |
| 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 |