The Detectives
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.
- 1993-1997
- 5 seasons
- Comedy, Suspense
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.
Season 5 Episode Guide
7 Episodes 1997
Episode 1
Special Branch
28 mins
Briggs and Louis spring into action when they spot a suicidal man, Cottam asks for help with saving his granddaughter from the riot squad, and a booby trap reveals the true identity of a pair of ageing hippies.
Episode 2
Cardiac Arrest
28 mins
A bank robber ends up in hospital after being shot by police, a doctor's concerns leave Bob worrying about the state of his own health, and the leader of the gang tries to make sure that the injured man doesn't talk.
Episode 3
The Beast of Hackney Marshes
28 mins
An escaped grizzly bear is rumoured to be roaming Hackney Marshes.
Episode 4
The Curse of the Comanches
A Comanche Indian travels to England to collect an ancient artifact that belonged to his people, however it is stolen and Louis and Briggs are tasked with retrieving it and the search leads to a forgery plot, along with Louis believing himself cursed for having handled the artifact.
Episode 5
Best Man
28 mins
Briggs is asked to be best man at a colleague's wedding.
Episode 6
Mine's a Large One
28 mins
Briggs and Louis are assigned to the river police - just as an old war mine resurfaces.
Episode 7
Go West Old Man
48 mins
The detectives track down missing Superintendent Cottam in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.