The Thin Blue Line (British TV series)

This article is about the British sitcom. For the 1952 American panel show, see The Thin Blue Line (American TV series). For other uses, see The Thin Blue Line.

The Thin Blue Line
Genre
Created byBen Elton
Written byBen Elton
Directed byJohn Birkin
Starring
ComposerHoward Goodall
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes14
Production
Executive producerPeter Bennett-Jones
Producers
Editors
Running time30 minutes
Production companyTiger Aspect Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release13 November 1995 (1995-11-13) –
23 December 1996 (1996-12-23)
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The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1995 to 1996. It was created and written by Ben Elton, and starred Rowan Atkinson. It was ranked number 34 in a poll for Britain's Best Sitcom. In September 2021, the series became available on BBC iPlayer.

The series is set in a police station in the fictional English town of Gasforth. The show sees the uniformed squad, led by Inspector Raymond Fowler (Atkinson), and the CID, led by Detective Inspector Derek Grim (David Haig), locking horns over similar, or even the same, issues while having conflicting views or methods of operations. Generally, the uniformed section triumphs over the detectives, although not without their own foibles. Other main characters are Sergeant Patricia Dawkins (Serena Evans), Constable Kevin Goody (James Dreyfus), Constable Maggie Habib (Mina Anwar), Constable Frank Gladstone (Rudolph Walker), Detective Constable Robert Kray (Kevin Allen), and Detective Constable Gary Boyle (Mark Addy). In addition to the main characters, other PCs and staff are visible in the background, though they generally have no speaking parts.

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