EndedBBC One1990-10-03

Canned Carrott

Name: Canned Carrott
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1990-10-03
Rating: 6
Cast: Jasper Carrott, Hugh Dennis, Steve Punt, Robert Powell

Comedy~30 min

Seasons

2

Episodes

12

Networks

BBC One

Countries

GB

First aired

1990-10-03

Last aired

1992-01-02

Language

en

Rating

6.0 / 10

Synopsis and details

Canned Carrott was a comedy stand-up and sketch-show by Jasper Carrott. Two of the regular sketches were "Wiggy" and "The Detectives". The first sketch, "Wiggy", followed the adventures of a man with a bad wig. It was a slapstick comedy in which the characters were silent except for the narrator. It was similar in style to Mr. Bean or The Benny Hill Show. The second, and the more popular was "The Detectives", starring the police officers Briggs and Louis, who watched too many TV Police dramas, and unsuccessfully tried to emulate them. Such was the popularity of this sketch that it was transformed into its own television series, The Detectives. Due to their involvement in both Canned Carrott and the contemporary The Mary Whitehouse Experience, Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis also got their own sketch show, called The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show, which ran for two series.