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The Thin Blue Line

Comedy · 1995 · Rated 7.5/10

Last aired: S2 E7, The Green-Eyed Monster · 1996-12-23

The Gasforth police station often is the scene of comic discord between the uniformed officers led by Inspector Raymond Fowler and the detectives under the supervision of Detective Inspector Derek Grim.

Cast

Rowan Atkinson Inspector Raymond Fowler

James Dreyfus Constable Kevin Goody

Mina Anwar Constable Maggie Habib

Serena Evans Sergeant Patricia Dawkins

David Haig Detective Inspector Derek Grim

Rudolph Walker Constable Frank Gladstone

Mark Addy Detective Constable Gary Boyle

Kevin Allen Detective Constable Robert Kray

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 Court in the Act 1996-11-14 · 30 min Grim and Boyle frame a drug dealer by planting evidence at the scene and Goody, having found the "evidence", is to testify and is trained by Fowler to handle the pressure.

E2 Ism Ism Ism 1996-11-21 · 30 min The Gasford police has to arrest an illegal immigrant. Inspector Raymond C. Fowler first makes sure his officers get an elaborate brainstorming about tolerance and non-discrimination, a particularly sensitive subject for ethnic minority Constables Frank Gladstone (Trinidadian origin) and Habib (Pakistani), so the hypothetical example is a Martian. Meanwhile shamelessly bigoted CID inspector Fowler fails to get accepted into a real masonic lodge, and pledges an absurd secret society instead.

E3 Fly on the Wall 1996-11-28 · 30 min The Gasforth PD are to be in a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Naturally, everyone wants to look good for the camera.

E4 Alternative Culture 1996-12-05 · 30 min CID plan a raid on a rave party. Meanwhile, Habib's drug-addicted little sister comes to Gasforth.

E5 Come On You Blues 1996-12-12 · 30 min When Gasforth Football Club reach the second round of the FA Cup, Grim looks forward to tackling some major league hooligans.

E6 Road Rage 1996-12-19 · 30 min Patricia joins an environmentalist group, the Dongers, who are protesting against a bypass. Soon the rest of the Gasforth police are called in.

E7 The Green-Eyed Monster 1996-12-23 · 30 min The promotion board will be visiting the Gasforth police station and Grim and Fowler are the most likely candidates. When Grim tells Fowler that they usually go for family men, Fowler proposes to Dawkins in a most unromantic way, causing her to break up with him.

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