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The Detectives

Season 5 1997
NR

  • 1997-01-14T00:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 25m
  • 2h 30m (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • 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.

6 episodes

Season Premiere

1997-01-14T00:00:00Z

5x01 Special Branch

Season Premiere

5x01 Special Branch

  • 1997-01-14T00:00:00Z25m

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.

1997-01-21T00:00:00Z

5x02 Cardiac Arrest

5x02 Cardiac Arrest

  • 1997-01-21T00:00:00Z25m

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...

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.

5x04 The Curse Of The Comanches

  • 1997-02-04T00:00:00Z25m

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...

1997-02-11T00:00:00Z

5x05 Best Man

5x05 Best Man

  • 1997-02-11T00:00:00Z25m

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...

Season Finale

1997-02-18T00:00:00Z

5x06 Mine's A Large One

Season Finale

5x06 Mine's A Large One

  • 1997-02-18T00:00:00Z25m

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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