Sadly it seems forgotten, but this is a diamond quality show.

Not meant to be a classic and I doubt it will be remembered as such

Direct from the 'sex and toilets' school of comedy...

Annette Crosbie and Richard Wilson in One Foot in the Grave (1990)

Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy in George & Mildred (1976)

Kathy Burke and Harry Enfield in Harry Enfield and Chums (1994)

Richard O'Sullivan, Sally Thomsett, and Paula Wilcox in Man About the House (1973)

Leslie Ash, Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, and Caroline Quentin in Men Behaving Badly (1992)

Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Ray Fearon, Danny John-Jules, Robert Llewellyn, and Norman Lovett in Red Dwarf (1988)

Ben Aris, David Griffin, Diane Holland, Jeffrey Holland, Ruth Madoc, Paul Shane, and Su Pollard in Hi-de-Hi! (1980)

Jasper Carrott, Hugh Dennis, Nosher Powell, Robert Powell, Steve Punt, Enn Reitel, and George Sewell in Canned Carrott (1990)

Jasper Carrott and Robert Powell in The Detectives (1993)

How many seasons does The Detectives have?

Jasper Carrott

Robert Powell

George Sewell

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.

The Detectives

It wasn&apos;t meant to be a classic and admittedly it wasn&apos;t. But I doesn&apos;t mean it wasn&apos;t any good. Personally, at the time of the original broadcast I was too young to get the jokes or to be interested in the series. I even had no idea who Robert Powell was (other than the fact that at one point he had been crucified (Jesus Of Nazerath)). But now the DVD&apos;s are coming out, I&apos;m getting back into them. Obviously, the humour has changed and I&apos;m finding many of the jokes very &apos;of the time&apos; and &apos;too tame&apos; to some lines that I could put in. The only comment I could say against the first series is, why the hell put Jim Bergerac in it? He&apos;s got his own show! It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but it just seemed odd to me. The issues tackled in this fantastic comedy/drama, are also very much of the time and are funny but only if you&apos;re old enough to remember them. Nothing these actors have done since matches this. Powell and Carrott, a perfect pairing! But(like The Thin Blue Line) this is worth a watch with an open mind.

It wasn't meant to be a classic and admittedly it wasn't. But I doesn't mean it wasn't any good. Personally, at the time of the original broadcast I was too young to get the jokes or to be interested in the series. I even had no idea who Robert Powell was (other than the fact that at one point he had been crucified (Jesus Of Nazerath)). But now the DVD's are coming out, I'm getting back into them. Obviously, the humour has changed and I'm finding many of the jokes very 'of the time' and 'too tame' to some lines that I could put in. The only comment I could say against the first series is, why the hell put Jim Bergerac in it? He's got his own show! It might have seemed like a good idea at the time, but it just seemed odd to me. The issues tackled in this fantastic comedy/drama, are also very much of the time and are funny but only if you're old enough to remember them. Nothing these actors have done since matches this. Powell and Carrott, a perfect pairing! But(like The Thin Blue Line) this is worth a watch with an open mind.

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