Canned Carrott

Canned Carrott
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Paul Alexander; Jasper Carrott; Hugh Dennis; Steven Knight; Steve Punt; Mike Whitehill
Directed by	Ed Bye
Starring	Jasper Carrott
Theme music composer	Peter Griffiths; Keith Strachan; Matthew Strachan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12 (+ 5 specials)
Production
Executive producer	Paul Smith
Producer	Ed Bye
Running time	30 minutes
Production company	Celador Productions
Release
Original network	BBC1
Picture format	4:3
Original release	3 October 1990 –; 1 July 1995

Canned Carrott is 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 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.[1]

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.

Cast

Jasper Carrott - Himself/Various Characters (including Bob Louis in "The Detectives" and Wiggy)
Hugh Dennis - Various Characters
Nosher Powell
Robert Powell - Dave Briggs (segment "The Detectives")
Steve Punt - Various Characters
Enn Reitel - Narrator (segment "Wiggy") (voice)
George Sewell - Supt Cottam (segment "The Detectives")

Transmissions

Series 1: 6 episodes, 3 October 1990 to 7 November 1990
Specially Selected Canned Carrott: 3 and 10 September 1991
Series 2: 6 episodes, 21 November 1991 to 2 January 1992
More Specially Selected Canned Carrott: 15 September 1992
The Juicy Bits: 24 May 1994
More Juicy Bits: 1 July 1995

References

"BBC - Comedy Guide - The Detectives". 17 December 2004. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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[1] "BBC - Comedy Guide - The Detectives". 17 December 2004. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2017.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)