Includes all 31 episodes from all 5 series of the 1990s BBC comedy starring Jasper Carrott and Robert Powell. Accidentally promoted far beyond their level of competence, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs stumble from crime to crime relying on a unique blend of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong. Incompetent, inept and usually in trouble, these bungling bobbies seem more likely to catch a cold than any Mr. Big, but somehow Superintendant Cottam always finds himself awarding them commendations.
Jasper returns with another sparkling collection of stories and monologues told as only he can. The Complete Series - includes all six episodes.
Comedian actor folk singer and TV presenter Jasper Carrott first came to national attention in 1975 with his Top Five hit Funky Moped/Magic Roundabout. Thirty-five years on he remains one of Britain s best-loved comic performers. His many awards include a BAFTA (for Carrott s Lib) and a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2008 British Comedy Awards; he has twice been voted TV Personality of the Year and received an OBE in 2003 in recognition of his work for charity. Having made several appearances on regional television during the mid-seventies Jasper launched his first series in 1978. An Audience With Jasper Carrott was a storming success earning him a Pye Award as Outstanding New Personality and making him into a household name. In six thirty-minute bursts of relentless stand-up punctuated by the occasional song Carrott rants about everything from Spaghetti Junction to the Jersey constabulary medicals to Monty Python... and infamously introduces the word zit into the English vocabulary.
In the neverending high-tech war against crime Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal: inefficient unreliable and utterly aimless! Episodes Comprise: 1. Collared 2. Witness 3. Never Without Protection 4. Dutch Cops 5. Sparring Partners 6. Rear Window
Filmed in January 2004 at the NIA in Birmingham in front of 80 000 fans.
Jasper Carrott at his best! Jasper Carrott has long been one of the UK's most well-loved comedians and this ITV special from 1981 shows him on top form. Recorded live at the London Palladium the ""Guv'nor of Conversational Stand-Up"" showcases some of his classic routines from his 70s and 80s stage shows. Though he may be better remembered today for his turn in 'The Detectives' (with Robert Powell) his crowning glory may well be 'Beat The Carrott' which was so successful it resul
Robert Powell and Japser Carrott star as a pair of inept detectives who always seem to solve cases despite their amazing levels of incompetence. Developed from sketches in Canned Carrott the show adopts the Dumb and Dumber approach Powell being dumb and Carrott much dumber! Episodes Comprise: 1. What The Butler Saw 2. Hostage 3. Teed Off 4. Acting Constables 5. Studs 6. Strangers In Paradise
The can has been opened at last! Canned Carrott is finally served up for the first time on DVD! All 6 episodes from the first series are included right here. And very tasty it is too - Jasper Carrott's classic TV series one of the most popular ever broadcast is here in all it's glory. It features Jasper performing his hilarious stories and monologues talking about everything from passport photos to baggage handlers - You've never seen them but you know they exist - you'll have their footprints in your luggage!; his famous accident prone character Wiggy getting in to all kinds of scrapes; and introducing The Detectives to the world - with fellow cop Robert Powell. So good it spun off in to it's own series later. And if that wasn't enough every episode includes fantastic sketches from regular guests Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis (Outnumbered Mock The Week).
In the neverending high-tech war against crime Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal: inefficient unreliable and utterly aimless! Episodes Comprise: 1. D.C. Of Love 2. Flash 3. Art Attack 4. On Thin Ice 5. Between A Rock And A Hard Place 6. Twitchers
In the neverending high-tech war against crime Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal: inefficient unreliable and utterly aimless! Episodes Comprise: 1. Special Branch 2. Cardiac Arrest 3. The Beast of Hackney Marshes 4. The Curse of the Comanches 5. Best Man 6. Mine's a Large One
Accidentally promoted far beyond their level of competence Detectives Constables Bob Louis (Jasper Carrott) and David Briggs (Robert Powell) stumble from crime to crime relying on a unique blend of intuition hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Great Escape 2. Fur Coat No Knickers 3. Back To Class 4. Sacked 5. The Wembley Stadium Mystery
A charity performance in aid of Amnesty international Filmed live over four nights at the Theatre Royal Drury lane London. The show includes sketeches from the Monty Python team and musical numbers from artists such as Sting and Eric Clapton.
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