| 1. | The Thin Blue Line | 1995 |
| 2. | The Thin Blue Line | 1996 |
The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line is about the everday goings on at Gasforth police station. A small town station led by Inspector Raymond Fowler (Atkinson), who is coping with his failing relationship with his girlfriend of 10 years, Police receptionist Patricia Dawkins. Meanwhile, the ineptness of his own colleagues as well as the equally brainless C.I.D division means that life at Gasforth never goes quite as smoothly as planned. Starting in 1995 (Season 1) and ending in 1996 (Season 2) this 14 episode Ben Elton comedy gets you drawn in and laughing for ages, truly a classic for the video shelf!
Grim and Foyle 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.
The Mayoress informs Fowler that an illegal asylum seeker has taken refuge in the town. Grim meanwhile attempts to join a secret lodge.
The Gasforth PD are to be in a fly-on-the-wall documentary. Naturally, everyone wants to look good for the camera.
CID plan a raid on a rave party. Meanwhile, Habib's proper younger sister comes to Gasforth and turns out to have a wild side.
Gasforth Football Club are drawn at home against Chelsea in the FA Cup and since this has attracted a lot of tourists and investors, Mayoress Wickham orders the police to make sure everything goes smoothly.
Patricia joins an environmentalist group, the Dongers, who are protesting against a bypass. Soon the rest of the Gasforth police are called in.
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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Rowan Atkinson | Inspector Raymond Fowler |
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Mark Addy | D.C. Gary Boyle |
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David Haig | D.I. Derek Grim |
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James Dreyfus | P.C. Kevin Goody |
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Rudolph Walker | P.C. Frank Gladstone |
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Mina Anwar | W.P.C. Maggie Habib |
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Serena Evans | Sergeant Patricia Dawkins |
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Lucy Robinson | Dame Cristabelle Wickham |
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Colin McFarlane | European Commissioner Mustafa Delcroix |
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Archie Panjabi | Nazia Habib |
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Ben Crompton | Protester |
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Neil Maskell | Gasforth FC Player |
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Walter Sparrow | Local Resident |
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Trevor Peacock | Turnip Man |
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Jonathan Cake | Stallion |
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Paul Kynman | Nightclub Doorman |
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Alan David | Gasforth FC Manager |
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Alan Cox | Bob Tough |
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Kenneth MacDonald | Nightclub Manager |
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Melvyn Hayes | D.S. Quentin Courvoisier |
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Bernard Gallagher | Mr. Glockenspiel |
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Natalie Walter | Elf |
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Chooi Kheng-Beh | Businessmen |
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Gabrielle Blunt | Neighbour |
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Keeley Gainey | Girl |
| Director | John Birkin |
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| Writer | Ben Elton | |
| Producer | Peter Bennett-Jones, Ben Elton, Nick Mortimer, Geoffrey Perkins | |
| Musician | Howard Goodall | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | 576i (4x3 / 1.33:1) |
| Audio Tracks | PCM Stereo [English] |
| Regions | Region 2 | Region 4 |