Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3191 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-06-12
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 171 minutes

Synopsis
In the never-ending high-tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis (Jasper Carrott) and David Briggs (Robert Powell) are the Scud missiles of the Police arsenal - inefficient, unreliable and utterly aimless. Accidentally promoted far beyond their level of competence, The Detectives rely on a unique blend of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong! Contains the episodes: "What The Butler Saw", "Hostage", "Teed Off", "Acting Constables", "Studs" and "Strangers In Paradise".

Customer Reviews

Sorry guys...
I bought this first series because of the extremely enthousiastic reviews, but I can't help but being very disappointed. This comedy is outdated, the "slapstick and funny faces" - humor doesn't work for me anymore. Probably I would have liked it as a 9 or 10 year-old, but now I am just annoyed by this.

Definitely worth having in your collection!
The Detectives with Jasper Carrott & Robert Powell is hilarious, with George Sewell playing their long-suffering Superintendent. I'm so glad this show has been released on DVD and I now own a copy of the first series, I've seen repeats of the show on Bravo & Paramount Comedy 2.

Series 1 was broadcast between 27 January 1993 to 3 March 1993 and kicks off with the first episode What the Butler Saw where Briggs & Louis investigate the Earl of Lisson's murder at his country hotel.

The second episode Hostage where Briggs & Louis are sitting down to watch the big game on Match Day when they're called upon to deal with a hostage situation.

In Teed Off the duo investigate Johnny McKenna, an arms dealer & golfer played by Jimmy Tarbuck and the pair want to impress the Super with promotion coming up.

In Acting Constables, Briggs & Louis join the crew on a police TV drama as technical advisers, but they're so wrapped up in their task that they fail to notice the drama going on behind the scenes.

In Studs, Briggs & Louis are sent to Jersey by the Super to investigate an international smuggling ring taking place, it was nice to see John Nettles & Terence Alexander reprise their roles from Bergerac in this episode

Finally in the last episode Strangers in Paradise, a crime boss is shot by assassins and Cottam worries that gang-warfare might break out so he sends Briggs & Louis undercover at an East End nightclub where they have to keep an eye on Danny Kane the owner of the club played by Leslie Grantham (Dirty Den Watts from Eastenders) who is the prime suspect.

This show is very funny and very entertaining, I recommend this to anyone who likes The Detectives, it's worth it for the money!

LAUGH UNTIL IT HURTS.
No matter how many times I have watched this dvd (and it's plenty) it never fails to make me ache with laughter. I cannot imagine anyone not finding it hilarious even though it is many years since its TV debut, but they do say that quality lasts and this proves it.