The Thin Blue Line
The Thin Blue Line
Various mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot.
匚卂尺ㄥ reviewedJanuary 31, 2025
I belive Rowan Atkinson is funny no matter who he is (Johnny English, Bean etc) Here is is wonderfully cast as Inspector Fowler,head officer at a police station, following the day to day activities of "The thin Blue Line". fowler is aided by his constables and Sargent Dawkins whom he lives with, His avoiding having sex with her is driving her to fustrations, (their troubles alone deserve their own sitcom).
James Dreyfus camps it up in style as the dimwited Constable Goodie and is sometimes bettered by the sensible WPC Habib, always trying to put a politcal slant on issues.CID is well represented by DI Grimm played wonderfully by David Haig who when he goes into his "namby pamby" speech is quite brillant.Joining Grimm is his side kick Boyle ( an early role for Mark addy from "Troilled" fame) although he does'nt join the cast until series two!
This has aged very well and you could be fooled into thinking this was made yesterday, Ben Elton penned all this and has to take credit for an excellent sitcom. Personnally I would have liked the series to run for longer but someone once said allways leave them wanting more ( Fawlty Towers as a classic example with 12 episodes)VERY VERY FUNNY