TV series
The Thin Blue Line
Overview
The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran for two series on the BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was written by Ben Elton.
Details
- First air date
- 1995-11-13
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 2 seasons
- Episodes
- 14 episodes
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Network
- BBC One
- Production
- BBC, Tiger Aspect
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Rowan Atkinson as Inspector Raymond Fowler
- Serena Evans as Sergeant Patricia Dawkins
- David Haig as Detective Inspector Derek Grim
- James Dreyfus as Constable Kevin Goody
- Mina Anwar as Constable Maggie Habib
- Rudolph Walker as Constable Frank Gladstone
- Mark Addy as Detective Constable Gary Boyle
- Kevin Allen as Detective Constable Robert Kray
- Joy Brook as D.C. Crockett
- Walter Sparrow as Local Resident
- Lucy Robinson as Dame Cristabelle Wickham
- Natalie Walter as Elf
Creators and crew
- Ben Elton - Creator
- Peter Bennett-Jones - Executive Producer
- Geoffrey Perkins - Producer
- Ben Elton - Producer
- John Birkin - Director
- Ben Elton - Writer
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