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(s) English
No. of series 2
No. of episodes 12
Production
Executive producer(s) Paul Smith
Producer(s) Ed Bye
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Celador Productions
Release
Original network BBC1
Picture format 4:3
Original release 3 October 1990 – 2 January 1992

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 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

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Powell's hopeful The Detectives can be resurrected", Express, 23 September 2012. Accessed 18 March 2016


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