TV Show

The Detectives

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.

TV Show Stats +8%

5 seasons

29 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

1993

Rating

TV Show

6.7/10

19 votes • HD

Season 1

6 episodes
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What The Butler Saw
Episode 1

What The Butler Saw

Episode 1 • Jan 27, 1993

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

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Hostage
Episode 2

Hostage

Episode 2 • Feb 03, 1993

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.

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Teed Off
Episode 3

Teed Off

Episode 3 • Feb 10, 1993

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

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Acting Constables
Episode 4

Acting Constables

Episode 4 • Feb 17, 1993

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

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Studs
Episode 5

Studs

Episode 5 • Feb 24, 1993

Briggs and Louis find themselves on an assignment in Jersey. It isn't long before they get on the wrong side of Jim Bergerac.

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Strangers In Paradise
Episode 6

Strangers In Paradise

Episode 6 • Mar 03, 1993

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.

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Season 2

6 episodes
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Collared
Episode 1

Collared

Episode 1 • Mar 02, 1994

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.

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Witness
Episode 2

Witness

Episode 2 • Mar 09, 1994

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

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Never Without Protection
Episode 3

Never Without Protection

Episode 3 • Mar 16, 1994

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

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Dutch Cops
Episode 4

Dutch Cops

Episode 4 • Mar 23, 1994

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

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Sparring Partners
Episode 5

Sparring Partners

Episode 5 • Mar 30, 1994

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.

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Rear Window
Episode 6

Rear Window

Episode 6 • Apr 06, 1994

Louis witnesses a brutal crime of passion while confined to a wheelchair, but has trouble convincing Briggs that it wasn't all in his mind.

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Season 3

6 episodes
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D.C. Of Love
Episode 1

D.C. Of Love

Episode 1 • Jan 09, 1995

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.

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Flash
Episode 2

Flash

Episode 2 • Jan 16, 1995

After mixing their drinks at the policemen's ball, Louis and Briggs confront a new horror involving a flasher, a Marquess and the commissioner's wife.

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Art Attack
Episode 3

Art Attack

Episode 3 • Jan 23, 1995

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 artist's own urine.

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On Thin Ice
Episode 4

On Thin Ice

Episode 4 • Jan 30, 1995

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.

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Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Episode 5

Between A Rock And A Hard Place

Episode 5 • Feb 06, 1995

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

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Twitchers
Episode 6

Twitchers

Episode 6 • Feb 13, 1995

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.

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Season 4

5 episodes
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The Great Escaper
Episode 1

The Great Escaper

Episode 1 • Feb 15, 1996

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?

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Fur Coat, No Knickers
Episode 2

Fur Coat, No Knickers

Episode 2 • Feb 15, 1996

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.

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Back To Class
Episode 3

Back To Class

Episode 3 • Feb 29, 1996

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.

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Sacked
Episode 4

Sacked

Episode 4 • Mar 07, 1996

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

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The Wembley Stadium Mystery
Episode 5

The Wembley Stadium Mystery

Episode 5 • Mar 14, 1996

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.

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Season 5

6 episodes
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Special Branch
Episode 1

Special Branch

Episode 1 • Jan 14, 1997

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.

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Cardiac Arrest
Episode 2

Cardiac Arrest

Episode 2 • Jan 21, 1997

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...

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The Beast Of Hackney Marshes
Episode 3

The Beast Of Hackney Marshes

Episode 3 • Jan 28, 1997

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 Super's variety show is really coming together.

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The Curse Of The Comanches
Episode 4

The Curse Of The Comanches

Episode 4 • Feb 04, 1997

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...

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Best Man
Episode 5

Best Man

Episode 5 • Feb 11, 1997

Much to his and everybody else's astonishment, Briggs is chosen to be best man at a colleague's wedding. When he discovers just who the bride's father is, Briggs isn't exactly keen either...

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Mine's A Large One
Episode 6

Mine's A Large One

Episode 6 • Feb 18, 1997

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...

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