The Thin Blue Line
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1995 - 1996
- 14 episodes (2 series)
Police sitcom about fastidious Inspector Raymond Fowler, his array of uniformed officers, and the oafish CID Inspector Grim. Stars Rowan Atkinson, David Haig, Serena Evans, James Dreyfus, Mina Anwar and more.
- Series 1, Episode 1 repeated Monday at 8pm on Gold
Streaming rank this week: 738
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1995 - 1996
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 14 (2 series)
- Creator
- Ben Elton
- Stars
- Rowan Atkinson, David Haig, Serena Evans, James Dreyfus, Mina Anwar, Rudolph Walker, Kevin Allen, Mark Addy and more
- Writer
- Ben Elton
- Director
- John Birkin
- Producers
- Geoffrey Perkins, Ben Elton and Peter Bennett-Jones
- Company
Police Inspector Raymond Fowler is in charge of the uniformed police officers at Gasforth Police Station. They include the very camp Kevin Goody, Constable Gladstone and brainy Constable Habib.
Fowler, who is an old fashioned policeman and does everything by the book, is in an unsatisfactory long-term relationship with Desk Sergeant Dawkins. The yobbish CID, lead by the bitter and constantly complaining Derek Grim, clash constantly with the uniformed officers with whom they must share the station.
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Additional details
- Also known as
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- TTBL (Acronym)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
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Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 13th November 1995 at 8:30pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- Series 1, Episode 1: Monday at 8pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 1: Monday at 11:15pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 2: Tuesday at 8pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 2: Tuesday at 11:20pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 3: Wednesday at 8pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 3: Wednesday at 11:20pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 4: Thursday at 8pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 4: Thursday at 11:15pm on Gold
- Series 1, Episode 5: Friday at 8pm on Gold
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 13th July 2024 at 3:15am on Gold - Series 1, Episode 5
- Friday 12th July 2024 at 8:00pm on Gold - Series 1, Episode 5
- Thursday 11th July 2024 at 8:00pm on Gold - Series 1, Episode 4
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre