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Dick Spanner, P.I.: Season 1

The Case Of The Human Cannon Ball 1987

  • 1987-05-03T12:20:00Z on Channel 4
  • 5m
  • 2h 1m (22 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy, Animation
Dick Spanner, P.I. was a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque detective shows and featured a robot detective who investigates numerous bizarre crimes in a futuristic city.

22 episodes

Series Premiere

1987-05-03T12:20:00Z

1x01 The Case of the Human Cannonball (1)

Series Premiere

1x01 The Case of the Human Cannonball (1)

  • 1987-05-03T12:20:00Z6m

Dick Spanner gets his first case, which is to find Harry the human cannonball for a mysterious woman.

Dick Spanner is framed by Lieutenant O'Grady for Murder Juan - the first degree murder of a Mexican.

On the run from Lieutenant O'Grady, Dick Spanner takes refuge at Mae East's basement apartment.

Looking for clues as to the whereabouts of Harry the human cannonball, Dick Spanner goes to see the Fat Man, who gives him a lead - and a dog to go with it.

Dick Spanner goes to The Crow Bar for a drink, but he's drugged and kidnapped.

After being rescued in the nick of time by Lieutenant O'Grady, Dick Spanner heads to Signor Allova's Flying Circus to investigate.

Dick drops into the big top and interviews the strong man.

A rigged elevator leads to trouble for Dick Spanner.

Dick Spanner's magnetic attraction proves to be a nuisance.

When Dick visits Mexico in search of Harry the human cannonball, he becomes so inebriated that he doesn't realize everyone is trying to murder him.

Season Finale

1987-07-12T12:20:00Z

1x11 The Case of the Human Cannonball (11)

Season Finale

1x11 The Case of the Human Cannonball (11)

  • 1987-07-12T12:20:00Z6m

Dick Spanner discovers an elaborate plot to sneak illegal aliens across the border.

'Too Tall' Johnson sues Dick Spanner over the loss of height, but he agrees to drop the lawsuit if Spanner can find the family's parrot, Polly, so the detective heads to Ivywood.

Dick Spanner rolls into Ivywood, where he meets silent screen star Gloria Vamp and gets fingered by George Lifeboat and Edward G. Hobson.

After Dick gets a moose head stuck on his own, he's whisked away to Sing a Song of Penitentiary, and joins his cellmate in an escape.

Dick escapes from prison and returns to Ivywood, where's he's cornered again by George Lifeboat and Edward G. Hobson.

Dick uncovers a plot to keep tall actors out of Ivywood.

After learning of a money-laundering scheme, Dick returns to Gloria Vamps, where the talls inform him that the smalls are taking over movie city.

Dick falls into Von Strongbow's jam factory, and then he returns to The Brown Trilby to discover the smalls have taken over.

Dick interrogates The Maltese Parrot; Mae returns home and the smalls continue their takeover of Ivywood.

After hanging around on the bridge, Dick is tailed throughout Ivywood by Lieutenant O'Grady. Meanwhile, Mae East gets a job in a strip club.

Dick spills his guts to Lieutenant O'Grady.

Various hijinks ensue on the set of "Flash Gordon Meets Ben-Hur on the Forbidden Planet," as the talls confront the smalls.

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