Customer Reviews
Gentle British comedy at its best - By: Bruno, 12 May 2008 
Watching this for the first time since its TV run, I found it hard to believe that it dates only from the mid-90's. Its gentle humor.. the infantile stupidity of it's stars played out with such obvious & effortless delight by Jasper Carrot & Robert Powell...the jokes that only 12 years ago were classic examples of the endearing British ability to laugh at human foilables & yet now leave you open mouthed & thinking 'how on Earth did they get away with that?'.
Every episodein this series is vintage British comedy full of laugh out loud one liners. One exchange had mein tears - Powell, after trying to impress the 6th form girlsin a posh boarding school with an over the top Sherlock Holmes routine ('there's nothing wrong with a spring-autumn relationship') is quickly brought down to earth by Carrot : 'You're not Autumn. You're more like Boxing Day - short, fat & hung over!'.
The DVD also contains a terrific christmas special - 'Thicker than Water'. It can only be hoped that the BBC might yet tempt the boys to make one more, though any return would truly miss the sadly departed George Sewell. For it's his gentle & understated exasperation at the buffoonary of his two Detectives that caps this quite wonderful comedy series.
A side splittingly funny series ! - By: S. Kew, 03 Mar 2007 I was delighted when I learned that 2Entertain were releasing the first series of The Detectives, which was closely followed by series 2 & 3.
This series is just as well written, acted & funny as I remember it from the mid nineties. Series 4 is perhaps my favourite of all - & I was delighted to find that the 1995 Christmas special episode Thicker Than Water was included on this disc. This Christmas episode is brilliant - will fantastic one liners, superb acting but also a deep underlying theme - you cannot help but feel sorry for the loneliness of Bob & Dave as Christmas approaches. But when they decide to spend Christmas day together & get a one legged turkey & 76 cans of lager the laughs start again!
Also included on this disc are the Fur Coat & No Knickers episode which is just so funny it makes you cry! And the one liner from the episode with the 400 year old turtle about it's active love life at that age - "sounds like Joanna Lumley!" is a true classic!
Highly recommended to all - even if you have not bought the previous 3 series give this one a try - you'll not be disappointed!
