Rent The Thin Blue Line: Series 1 (1995)
3.7 of 5 from 66 ratings
3h 56min
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- Synopsis:
Set in a fictitious suburb rather like, say, Pinner (only more so), 'The Thin Blue Line' is the wickedly funny story of a rather down-at-heel police station headed by Inspector Raymond Fowler (Rowan Atkinson), a pompous, repressed but well-intentioned anachronism who wants to do the right thing but who is constantly hampered by his own shortcomings, not to mention his blundering CID colleagues. Atkinson expertly balances his character's inflated sense of self-importance with the insight born of old-school police values, for which his galumphing, shiny-suited CID counterpart, DI Grim (David Haig) has no time at all. Strongest among the supporting cast is Sgt Pauline Dawkins (Serena Evans), who also happens to be Fowler's live-in lover - a moral dilemma that his traditional values won't allow him to resolve. He salves his conscience by avoiding sex with her whenever possible, an amusing subplot enhanced by Evans's brilliant performance - she positively vibrates with contained, ladylike lust in a manner only equalled by Penelope Keith in the classic sitcom To the Manor Born.
Episodes Comprise:
1. The Queen's Birthday Present
2. Fire and Terror
3. Honey Trap
4. Rag Week
5. Night Shift
6. Kids Today
7. Yuletide Spirit- Actors:
- Rowan Atkinson, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus, Serena Evans, David Haig, Rudolph Walker, Kevin Allen, Mark Addy, Joy Brook, Lucy Robinson, Gabrielle Blunt, Walter Sparrow, Jean Ainslie, Stephen Fry, Sheila Gish, Stephen Moore, Owen Teale, Jonathan Cake, Alan Cox, Bernard Gallagher
- Directors:
- John Birkin
- Producers:
- Ben Elton, Geoffrey Perkins
- Creators:
- Ben Elton
- Writers:
- Ben Elton
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Comedies, TV Crimes, TV Sitcoms
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Brilliant - The Thin Blue Line: Series 1 review by JD
I haven't seen this repeated. Maybe I've missed it. It is every bit as classic as Black Adder. A fine piece of British comedy. If laughter is the best medicine this is Viagacetamol.
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