"The Detectives The Detectives is a British comedy television series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It aired on BBC One from 1993 to 1997, and was a spoof of police dramas. It was written by Mike Whitehill and Steve Knight. ""The Detectives"" originated from a five-minute sketch that first appeared on Jasper Carrott's sketch/stand-up show ""Canned Carrott"". Because of its success, it was turned into a television series. There were a few differences from the sketch to the TV series, such as Dave Briggs being married in the sketch (to Brenda), yet both he and Louis are"
"by Carrott and Robert Powell), who tried unsuccessfully to emulate the actions of television detectives. Such was the popularity of this sketch that it became the basis of another television comedy series, ""The Detectives"". Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis subsequently joined the cast of ""The Mary Whitehouse Experience"", and later got their own sketch show, called ""The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show"", which ran for two series. Canned Carrott Canned Carrott (1990–1992) was a comedy stand-up and sketch-show by Jasper Carrott. It gave rise to a spin-off series, and made the names of regular contributors Steve Punt and Hugh"
"was the episode ""Hostage"" when apparently, he was driving a police van that dropped them off. In ""Acting constables"" we hear his voice for the first time, but the voice is unknown. The Detectives The Detectives is a British comedy television series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It aired on BBC One from 1993 to 1997, and was a spoof of police dramas. It was written by Mike Whitehill and Steve Knight. ""The Detectives"" originated from a five-minute sketch that first appeared on Jasper Carrott's sketch/stand-up show ""Canned Carrott"". Because of its success, it was turned into"
"of Westwood High School in northwest Austin, part of the Round Rock Independent School District. He started by working with Antonio Banderas and Sylvester Stallone in """". In 2007, before his first year of college, Powell landed a role in ""The Great Debaters"", directed by and starring Denzel Washington. Since moving to Los Angeles, he has starred in television series such as ""Scream Queens"", ""Into the West"", ""Jack & Bobby"", """", ""NCIS"", ""Without a Trace"", ""Rizzoli & Isles"", and ""The Lying Game"", along with the feature films ""The Expendables 3"", ""Ride Along 2"", ""Sex Ed"", ""Stuck in Love"", and ""The"
"have been released on DVD. In 2012, BBC1 broadcast a one-off sketch show ""The One Jasper Carrott"" (part of a series showcasing various comedians) which included an extended sketch about Briggs and Louis having formed an incompetent private detective agency, Sherlock and Holmes. Briggs usually spoofs the leader of a crime-fighting duo that takes all the risks, leads the cases and comes up with the ideas, but is always unluckier in flirting with girls. He always thinks Bob a ""pessimist"". His hobbies include eating pilchards and Quavers, watching football, art, trying to impress girls and watching Manchester United (like Powell"
"Grade asked for a pilot for LWT. Grade liked it and five further shows were recorded, which became his first TV series, ""An Audience with Jasper Carrott"", in 1978, this partnership with LWT lasted until 1981, ""The Unrecorded Jasper Carrott"" (1979) and ""Beat the Carrott"" (1981) are the best known live stand-up performances from his time with LWT. Carrott often appeared alongside comedy legend Sammy 'Shinpads' Higgins during his rise to fame. He moved to the BBC for ""Carrott's Lib"", a Saturday night comedy broadcast live, and then a string of BBC shows. The most notable were ""Carrott's Commercial Breakdown"","
"Suchet in the role of Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon. Fifteen stories were directly adapted, while one story was merged into another episode, and two stories were reworked by the author, with new titles, which were then adapted for television in the series. Fifteen adaptations (in order of transmission) were: Season One Season Two Season Three Season Five There were small differences in the television adaptation of ""The Chocolate Box"" from the short story. Captain Hastings is not involved. Poirot and Chief Inspector Japp visit Belgium for Japp to receive"
"The episode was critically well received, specifically for juggling the various love story plot points of the major characters. Powell was born in West Philadelphia and later moved to California. Powell graduated from St. Mark's High School in Wilmington, Delaware and earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2001. In October 2013, he wed visual artist Jill Knox. Keith Powell Keith Powell (born 1979) is an American television actor, writer, director, and web series creator, who is known for his role as James ""Toofer"" Spurlock on ""30 Rock"", and for"
"1955, German television aired ""Murder on the Orient Express"". All of the stories contained in ""Poirot Investigates"" have been adapted as episodes in the ITV television series ""Agatha Christie's Poirot"" with David Suchet in the role of Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Hastings, Philip Jackson as Japp and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon. As is the custom with these adaptations, they differ somewhat from their originals. (In the Disappearance of Mr Davenheim, Hastings plays a large role, and, in a complete change from the book, Poirot gets a parrot (leading to one of the famous exchanges: Delivery boy: ""I've a parrot"
"Jack Morgan. Besides Popper and Serafinowicz, the series featured Josie D'Arby and Olivia Colman as presenters. ""Look Around You 2"" won the Rose D'Or TV Award in 2006 for Best Comedy Series. Popper was a programme consultant and co-writer for the TV sketch comedy ""The Peter Serafinowicz Show"" (2007), in which he also made several brief on-screen appearances. Popper was producer for the third and fourth series of Channel 4's ""Peep Show"". Both series won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy, and Popper won a BAFTA for series 4. Popper was the script editor on all three series of"
"Keith Powell Keith Powell (born 1979) is an American television actor, writer, director, and web series creator, who is known for his role as James ""Toofer"" Spurlock on ""30 Rock"", and for creating and starring in the web series ""Keith Broke His Leg"", for which he won several Indie Series Awards in 2016. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Powell was the Producing Artistic Director of Contemporary Stage Company, a summer theater in Wilmington, Delaware. His producing credits include New York productions of ""The Mouse That Roared, Enter Pissarro, Indra & Agni Collide"" and a workshop of ""Kidding Jane"" with Ellen McLaughlin"
"since written and directed every episode of the series. Several backgrounds were borrowed from other Cartoon Network properties: ""Johnny Quest"" and """" for use in ""Rabbot"". The ""Powerpuff Mall"" featured in this episode, were taken from the pilot episode of ""The Powerpuff Girls"", ""Meat Fuzzy Lumkins"", the same mall appears in later episodes. Additional backgrounds made original for the series were done by Jon Schnepp and Bob Pettitt. ""Rabbot"" is one of the few episodes to feature the main protagonists as detectives, a premise was added to appease Cartoon Network executives, who did not initially understand the series' concept at"
"in thirteen episodes. Soon after, he portrayed Hoss Cartwright on the series ""The Ponderosa"", a prequel to ""Bonanza"" which premiered in 2001 on PAX. Powell has had guest appearances on many television shows including ""Psych"", ""House"", ""Leverage"", ""ER"", ""Cold Case"", and ""Without a Trace"". On Fox's Gotham he plays the recurring role of Butch Gilzean, chief enforcer for Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett Smith). He portrayed Bic in the 2011 film ""Straw Dogs"", a remake of the 1971 film of the same name. The remake was directed by Rod Lurie and starred James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgård. It was"
"also launched Jackée Harry's career. 1986 was the year that marked the debut of the legal drama, ""Matlock"", which was the comeback vehicle for Andy Griffith, as the title character, which also launched the careers of Nancy Stafford, Clarence Gilyard Jr. and Daniel Roebuck. TV talk shows expanded in popularity; ""The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson"" remained popular into its third decade, and some of the most viewed newer shows were hosted by Geraldo Rivera, Arsenio Hall and David Letterman. The 1980s also was prominent for spawning several popular children's cartoons such as ""The Smurfs"", ""ThunderCats"", ""Voltron"", ""The Transformers"", ""Masters"
"the Unit's early output concentrated on British and European wildlife, one of its first productions to be broadcast was ""Faraway Look"" featuring Peter Scott in Australia. The early programmes were limited by the available technology, but it was also a time of great experimentation in style and content, bringing the Unit notable success. ""Animal Magic"" (1962–1983), presented by Johnny Morris and Tony Soper, was a successful format for young audiences which ran for over 20 years. The Unit also collaborated with Gerald Durrell on several films of his animal-collecting expeditions, beginning with the studio-based series 'To Bafut for Beef' (April"
"entire series. One episode of ""Supermarket Sweep"" from 1991 featured Johnny Gilbert mentioning during the Big Sweep to a team member named Barry (who also appeared on ""Monopoly""): ""He thinks he's on ""Candid Camera"", but he knows he's on ""Supermarket Sweep""!"". In a 2010 interview, Peter Funt commented on some of these shows, saying, We’ve always come at it from the idea that we believe people are wonderful and we’re out to confirm it. Our imitators and other shows, whether it’s Jamie Kennedy or ""Punk’d"", often seem to come at it from the opposite perspective, which is that people are"
"spring of 2007, while working as a recurring character on ""30 Rock"", he shot an ABC pilot called ""Judy's Got A Gun"". It was not picked up for the Fall 2007 season, and Powell returned to ""30 Rock"", where he was promoted to a series regular. In October 2008, Powell launched and starred in a self-funded web series called ""Keith Powell Directs a Play"" chronicling Powell’s foray into directing ""Uncle Vanya"" at a fictional repertory theatre group. In 2009, Powell was a guest commentator on VH1's ""100 Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80s"", and also played a Tuskegee Airman"
"Films re-invigorated the TV series ""Special Branch"", formerly a videotaped series starring Derren Nesbitt. Sewell was brought in to play the lead character of DCI Alan Craven. The show ran for two seasons with Sewell, and served as a stylistic forerunner of crime drama ""The Sweeney"" (in which Sewell also appeared, this time as a villain). Sewell was to parody this role as Supt Frank Cottam in the Jasper Carrott/Robert Powell comedy, ""The Detectives"". He also played a Detective Baker who turned out to be a burglar in the ""Rising Damp"" episode ""The Prowler."" Later television appearances include ""Tinker Tailor"
"During this period, the network also aired original animated series – most notably, the 1980s series ""The Smurfs"" and ""Alvin and the Chipmunks"". It also carried animated series adapted from certain live-action NBC series such as ""It's Punky Brewster"" (based on the sitcom ""Punky Brewster""), """" (based on the sitcom ""ALF"") and """" (based on the science fiction drama ""Star Trek""), as well as animated series vehicles for certain NBC prime time stars including Gary Coleman (""The Gary Coleman Show"") and Mr. T (""Mister T""), and original live-action series including the Sid & Marty Krofft-produced ""The Banana Splits"", ""The Bugaloos"""
"him up with a dustpan and brush, and subsequently a dustbuster. In an anniversary concert Jasper Carrott had allowed his fans to pick the material. He opened the performance by announcing this then saying ""I've had some funny requests; somebody from Newark wanted me to do the dead parrot sketch"". Part or all of the dead parrot sketch is quoted in several television programmes, among them the ""Life of Python"" sketch from ""Not the Nine O'Clock News"" (a parody of the ""Friday Night, Saturday Morning"" debate on ""Life of Brian"") and ""The Early Bird"", an episode from the third season"
"ratings led to a second series in January 2008. Carrott would often refer to the golden balls as his own testicles which added to the humour of the show. A third series began in April 2008, and a fourth in October 2008. A fifth and six series were shown in 2009. He hosted the Sunday night national pub quiz, ""Cash Inn"". He was 20th in Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians show. Since then his work is noted under 'Filmography' below. Carrott has written the humorous paperbacks ""A Little Zit on the Side"" (1979), and ""Sweet and Sour Labrador"" (1982)."
"Jeff Arnold in the telefantasy journal ""Timescreen"" to draw parallels between ""Timeslip"" and the similarly inspired adult drama series ""Doomwatch"" (1970–72). This view was echoed by an article in ""TV Zone"" magazine, which noted that ""Timeslip"" ""was probably the general public's first introduction to what are now everyday scientific concepts, such as cloning and climate change"". Although Boswell originally conceived ""Timeslip"" as a single-story six-part serial, the concept was soon expanded into a much longer series of 26 episodes. New Zealander Bruce Stewart, who had adapted various science fiction short stories for the anthology series ""Out of this World"" (1962)"
"played by Jon Voight, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance. In the 2002 television film ""Monday Night Mayhem"", Cosell was played by John Turturro. Jimmy Spicer's 1980 rap single ""The Adventures of Super Rhyme"" describes a meeting with the ""KBC"" broadcaster ""Coward Hosell"". In the 1985 film ""Better Off Dead"", one of the two Asian-American teenage brothers who regularly challenged John Cusack's character to a street race is said to have learned English from listening to Cosell. On April 4, 1981, during the beginning of the episode ""Drugs"" (Season 3 episode 11) of the teen sketch comedy"
"François Mitterrand. On May 21, 2018, Kermit and contestant Maddie Poppe performed ""Rainbow Connection"" live on American Idol. As an April Fool's joke, Kermit hosted CNN's ""Larry King Live"" in 1994 and interviewed Hulk Hogan. Kermit was also a semi-regular during various incarnations of ""Hollywood Squares"", with other Muppets such as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch also making appearances on the original ""Hollywood Squares"". Jim Henson's characters, including the Muppets, have inspired merchandise internationally, with Chris Bensch, chief curator of Rochester, New York's The Strong National Museum of Play, reporting ""There seems to have been a particular craze for"
"thriller that helped define the film noir style. For Columbia, he played a detective in ""Johnny O'Clock"" (1947) and made ""To the Ends of the Earth"" (1947). In 1948, he stepped out of the brutish type when he starred in ""Pitfall"", a film noir in which a bored insurance company worker falls for an innocent but dangerous woman, played by Lizabeth Scott. He broadened his range appearing in a Western, ""Station West"" (1948), and a French Foreign Legion tale, ""Rogues' Regiment"" (1949). He was a Mountie in ""Mrs. Mike"" (1950). From 1949–1953, Powell played the lead role in the NBC"
"(1959) and they wrote an episode of ""Bourbon Street Beat "" (1960). 1960 finally saw the release of a film version of ""Portrait in Black"". It was produced by Ross Hunter who used Goff and Roberts on a similar thriller, ""Midnight Lace"" (1960). They wrote a third film for Hunter, a remake of ""Next Time We Love"", for Doris Day and Rock Hudson, but it was not made. They did the never-made ""The Sea Wolves"" about John P. Cromwell in World War II. During the 1960s Goff and Roberts turned increasingly to television. They wrote a pilot for a show"
"Canned Carrott Canned Carrott (1990–1992) was a comedy stand-up and sketch-show by Jasper Carrott. It gave rise to a spin-off series, and made the names of regular contributors Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis. Two of the regular sketches were ""Wiggy"" and ""The Detectives"". ""Wiggy"" followed the adventures of a man with an unconvincing wig (played by Carrott). It was a slapstick comedy in which the characters were silent except for the narrator, similar in style to Mr. Bean or ""The Benny Hill Show"". The most popular sketch segment was ""The Detectives"", featuring two mediocre police officers, Briggs and Louis (played"
"series ""Between the Lions"", ""Sesame Street"", ""Jack's Big Music Show"", and ""Gravity Falls"". In the mid-1990s, Stewart launched his own production company, Busboy Productions, naming the company in reference to his previous job as a busboy. Stewart signed a deal with Miramax to develop projects through his company, but none of his ideas have been produced. After Stewart's success as host and producer of ""The Daily Show"", he revived Busboy Productions with ""Daily Show"" producers Ben Karlin and Rich Korson. In 2002, Busboy planned to produce a sitcom for NBC starring Stephen Colbert, but the show did not come to"
"detail. ""The Simpsons""’ creator Matt Groening called it ""one of the funniest shows I've ever seen"". On 13 January 2012 ""Look Around You"" had its 10th anniversary celebrated by a showing of all episodes of the first series at the BFI Southbank in London. Peter Serafinowicz also released a new short clip entitled ""Intermission"". Look Around You Look Around You is a British television comedy series devised and written by Robert Popper and Peter Serafinowicz, and narrated in the first series by Nigel Lambert. The first series of eight 10-minute shorts was shown in 2002, and the second series of"
"played the popular George and Mildred Roper on the series. The series, called ""George and Mildred"", ran from 1977 to 1980, and followed the Ropers selling their apartment building and moving into a high class neighborhood, the comedy arising from the seemingly lower-class Ropers and their relationship with their higher-class neighbors. The second spin-off was written for Richard O'Sullivan, who played Robin Tripp (which would serve as the basis for Jack Tripper on ""Three's Company"") and was named ""Robin's Nest"", also the name of his restaurant on the series. Running from 1977 to 1981, the series followed Robin moving with"
"syndicated television programming. He put on the national scene daytime television's most popular programs of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, including Harpo Productions The Oprah Winfrey Show and Dr. Phil and is also credited with launching the syndicated news magazine, ""Inside Edition"". He also syndicated Merv Griffin's ""Wheel of Fortune"" (for Sony Pictures Television), starring Pat Sajak and Vanna White which, according to CBS, has been the top-rated syndicated TV show for the past 26 years. Another of his Griffin syndications, ""Jeopardy!"" (also by Sony Pictures Television), has remained among the top three for 25 years. Roger King joined CBS"
"episodes were edited to fit within a 30-minute time slot with adverts. This triggered a continuity error with the series: Leonard Hatred's initial segment was cut from the first episode, causing him to appear without explanation in the series finale. The series began running on Adult Swim on 18 January 2009. Robert Popper reprised the role of his ""Look Around You"" character, Jack Morgan, for an appearance in the music video of the Frankie & The Heartstrings song ""Hunger"" (2011). Jack is seen hosting a ""Blue Peter""-type programme, and introduces the song. The series was praised for its attention to"
"as Janet Frazer, a feisty young auto mechanic; and Frank Mills as Robert's brother Frank. In the United States, episodes have broadcast as part of PBS's anthology series ""Mystery!"". A parody of the series, entitled ""Wetty Hainthropp Investigates"", aired on 12 March 1999 as part of the Comic Relief telethon. It starred Victoria Wood, Julie Walters and Duncan Preston. ""Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"" is based on characters from the novel ""Missing Persons"" (1986) by David Cook, who co-wrote the episodes with John Griffith Bowen. The incidents in Cook's novel were inspired by his own mother's experiences. Prior to the pilot going"