Episode Data

The Detectives

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Season 0

• _{Saturday, December 23rd, 1995}

  1: Thicker Than Water

  'Tis the season to be jolly! And whilst others may be celebrating, our plucky detective duo, Louis and Briggs, can only think of one thing - avoiding the dreaded Christmas duty.

• _{Sunday, December 28th, 1997}

  2: Go West, Old Man

  When Chief Superintendent Cottam suddenly disappears, Briggs and Louis follow his trail all the way to Canada to try to get him to come back to England, but will he be easily persuaded?

Season 1

• _{Wednesday, January 27th, 1993}

  1: What the Butler Saw

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

• _{Wednesday, February 3rd, 1993}

  2: Hostage

  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.

• _{Wednesday, February 10th, 1993}

  3: Teed Off

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

• _{Wednesday, February 17th, 1993}

  4: Acting Constables

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

• _{Wednesday, February 24th, 1993}

  5: Studs

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

• _{Wednesday, March 3rd, 1993}

  6: Strangers in Paradise

  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.

Season 2

• _{Wednesday, March 2nd, 1994}

  1: Collared

  Suspended after an unfortunate incident involving the Queen, Briggs and Louis decide tore gain favour by nicking some serious East End villains.

• _{Wednesday, March 9th, 1994}

  2: Witness

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

• _{Wednesday, March 16th, 1994}

  3: Never Without Protection

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

• _{Wednesday, March 23rd, 1994}

  4: Dutch Cops

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

• _{Wednesday, March 30th, 1994}

  5: Sparring Partners

  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.

• _{Wednesday, April 6th, 1994}

  6: Rear Window

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

Season 3

• _{Monday, January 9th, 1995}

  1: D.C. of Love

  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.

• _{Monday, January 16th, 1995}

  2: Flash

  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.

• _{Monday, January 23rd, 1995}

  3: Art Attack

  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.

• _{Monday, January 30th, 1995}

  4: On Thin Ice

  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.

• _{Monday, February 6th, 1995}

  5: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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

• _{Monday, February 13th, 1995}

  6: Twitchers

  Briggs and Louis are assigned a case protecting the eggs of a newly-discovered breeding pair of red kites. Their lack of enthusiasm soon turns to panic as the eggs are stolen.

Season 4

• _{Thursday, February 15th, 1996}

  1: The Great Escaper

  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?

• _{Thursday, February 22nd, 1996}

  2: Fur Coat, No Knickers

  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.

• _{Thursday, February 29th, 1996}

  3: Back to Class

  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.

• _{Thursday, March 7th, 1996}

  4: Sacked

  There's a new person in charge of 'C' Division - and she's a woman. As Briggs and Louis find themselves heading for the career dustpan an unexpected saviour appears...

• _{Thursday, March 14th, 1996}

  5: The Wembley Stadium Mystery

  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.

• _{Thursday, March 14th, 1996}

  6: The Wembley Stadium Mystery

  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.

Season 5

• _{Tuesday, January 14th, 1997}

  1: Special Branch

  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.

• _{Tuesday, January 21st, 1997}

  2: Cardiac Arrest

  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...

• _{Tuesday, January 28th, 1997}

  3: The Beast of Hackney Marshes

  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.

• _{Tuesday, February 4th, 1997}

  4: The Curse of the Comanches

  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...

• _{Tuesday, February 11th, 1997}

  5: Best Man

  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...

• _{Tuesday, February 18th, 1997}

  6: Mine's a Large One

  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...

• _{Sunday, December 28th, 1997}

  7: Go West, Old Man

  When Chief Superintendent Cottam suddenly disappears, Briggs and Louis follow his trail all the way to Canada to try to get him to come back to England, but will he be easily persuaded?