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 5, Episode 2 - Cardiac Arrest
An armed bank robbery ends with one of the perpetrators shot by police and hospitalised. Briggs and Louis are sent to guard his room, but Bob begins to worry about his own heart.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 21st January 1997
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Jasper Carrott | Bob Louis |
| Robert Powell | Dave Briggs |
| George Sewell | Superintendent Cottam |
| Jamie Foreman | Billy |
| Tony Pritchard | Tony |
| Jason Griffiths | Edwards |
| Christopher Villiers | Dr Phipps |
| Angus Kennedy | Paramedic |
| Jo-Anne Good (as Joanne Good) | Sister Watts |
| Martyn Whitby (as Martin Whitby) | Gilroy |
| James Curran | Surgeon |
| Tania Levey | Nurse Smith |
| Anna Wing | Old Lady |
| Rhashan Stone (as Rashan Stone) | Dr Monk |
| Steve Knight | Writer |
| Mike Whitehill | Writer |
| Graeme Harper | Director |
| Nic Phillips | Producer |
| Mark Sangster | Editor |
| Andy Hamilton | Production Designer |
| Susie Parriss (as Sue Parriss) | Casting Director |
| Paddy Stern | 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 |