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The Detectives

In the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong.

10 Votes (7.4)

1993 HD NR United Kingdom English Ended
Comedy Crime
sitcom spin off police detective spoof

Credits:

Jasper Carrott

director

George Sewell

Superintendent Cottam

Robert Powell

Dave Briggs

S1E1 - What The Butler Saw 1993-01-27

When the Earl of Lisson is murdered, Briggs and Louis try to discover ""who dunnit"".

S1E2 - Hostage 1993-02-03

A fanatical murderer has escaped from prison and Superintendent Cottam orders Briggs and Louis to catch him but the two detectives would rather be watching the F.A. Cup Final.

S1E3 - Teed Off 1993-02-10

Johnny McKenna is an arms dealer and a keen golfer. Briggs and Louis have to get evidence of his illegal activities.

S1E4 - Acting Constables 1993-02-17

Briggs and Louis are assigned to act as advisors for a TV police drama.

S1E5 - Studs 1993-02-24

Briggs and Louis find themselves on an assignment in Jersey. It isnt long before they get on the wrong side of Jim Bergerac.

S1E6 - Strangers In Paradise 1993-03-03

Gangster Tony Mazola has been murdered. Superintendent Cottam thinks that gang warfare may be about to start. He sends Briggs and Louis on an undercover assignment to the Paradise Club in the East End of London.

S2E1 - Collared 1994-03-02

Suspended after an unfortunate incident involving a suspected bomb in a briefcase, Briggs and Louis decide to gain favour by nicking some serious East End villains.

S2E2 - Witness 1994-03-09

Two tough detectives are required to go undercover at a monastery. Unable to find any, the Super employs Briggs and Louis.

S2E3 - Never Without Protection 1994-03-16

A Duchess keeps appearing in the tabloids canoodling withher police bodyguards. What the Super needs are two completely unappealing detectives...

S2E4 - Dutch Cops 1994-03-23

On Customs and Excise duty, Briggs and Louis find themselves trapped in the back of a pilchard lorry - with a large quantity of diamonds.

S2E5 - Sparring Partners 1994-03-30

Briggs and Louis masquerade as the manager and trainer of a boxer as they investigate a steroid that promotes raw aggression - and enhances sexual prowess.

S2E6 - Rear Window 1994-04-06

Louis witnesses a brutal crime of passion while confined to a wheelchair, but has trouble convincing Briggs that it wasnt all in his mind.

S3E1 - D.C. Of Love 1995-01-09

As a lonely and meaningless retirement beckons after 25 years on the force, the boys are given the task of finding The Black Widow after a series of gruesome lonely hearts murders.

S3E2 - Flash 1995-01-16

After mixing their drinks at the policemens ball, Louis and Briggs confront a new horror involving a flasher, a Marquess and the commissioners wife.

S3E3 - Art Attack 1995-01-23

When forced to transfer into the Fine Arts Squad, our heroes are despatched to recover the latest artistic creation of enfant terrible Hadyn Smailes - a pair of maracas, a tin of peaches and a fish tank of the artists own urine.

S3E4 - On Thin Ice 1995-01-30

When Briggs and Louis investigate an attack on a top figure skater, the pair wind up on ice but fail to gain marks for artistic interpretation.

S3E5 - Between A Rock And A Hard Place 1995-02-06

After 30 years of watching and waiting, Superintendent Cottam ropes the boys into helping him catch notorious bullion thief, Ronnie Richardson.

S3E6 - Twitchers 1995-02-13

Briggs and Louis are assigned a case protecting the eggs of a newly-discovered breeding pair of red kites. Teir lack of enthusiasm soon turns to panic as the eggs are stolen.

S4E1 - The Great Escaper 1996-02-15

Louis and Briggs are cuffed to a notoriously slippery customer as they escort him to his latest prison by train. So how do they end up crossing the Yorkshire moors carrying a toilet door?

S4E2 - Fur Coat, No Knickers 1996-02-15

Louis and Briggs are called in to investigate a murder that has taken place during the re-creation of a medieval battle scene. However they are more concerned with the police football quiz.

S4E3 - Back To Class 1996-02-29

After Briggs and Louis manage to murder the last female white-flippered turtle on the planet, they are only too pleased to investigate a drug scandal at an exclusive girls school.

S4E4 - Sacked 1996-03-07

Briggs and Louis mistake the new Superintendent for a stripper at Cattams farewell party.

S4E5 - The Wembley Stadium Mystery 1996-03-14

Although Louis and Briggs have been assigned to a security operation at Wembley Stadium, they have their minds on winning the police table football tournament.

S5E1 - Special Branch 1997-01-14

The Superintendent selects the duo for a particularly sensitive assignment. His granddaughter has become involved in an anti-road protest and he needs Louis and Briggs to rescue her.

S5E2 - Cardiac Arrest 1997-01-21

When a gang member is shot during a getaway, Briggs and Louis are dispatched to the hospital. But with so many sick people, doctors and nurses around, Louis hypochondria knows no bounds...

S5E3 - The Beast Of Hackney Marshes 1997-01-28

A night patrolling the marshes, on the lookout for an escaped bear, is really not what our heroes had in mind - particularly when their umbrella act for the Supers variety show is really coming together.

S5E4 - The Curse Of The Comanches 1997-02-04

When Briggs and Louis, helped by a mysterious Commanch Chief, go on the hunt for a sacred Indian carving, they soon find themselves on the trail of tragedy, death and disaster...

S5E5 - Best Man 1997-02-11

Much to his and everybody elses astonishment, Briggs is chosen to be best man at a colleagues wedding. When he discovers just who the brides father is, Briggs isnt exactly keen either...

S5E6 - Mine's A Large One 1997-02-18

Briggs and Louis have found their true vocation - the river police. With peace, quiet and the total absence of any type of crime, it seems like paradise. Then the boat runs into an unexploded WWII river mine...