The Detectives
1993
📺 5 Seasons
🎬 29 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 25 min/episode
Comedy
The absurd adventures of two defective detectives, who - despite unbelievable incompetence - somehow manage to solve their cases (or be nearby when the cases are solved) and retain their jobs.
Seasons
Season 1
When the Earl of Lisson is murdered, Briggs and Louis try to discover ""who dunnit"".
Season 2
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.
Season 3
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.
Season 4
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?
Season 5
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.
Crew
Writer
Mike Whitehill, Steve Knight
Producer
Ed Bye, Nic Phillips
Network
BBC One
Production
Celador Productions
Keywords
spoofpolice detectivespin offsitcom