Dick Spanner, P.I. is a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque detective shows. The title character and main protagonist was Dick Spanner, voiced by Shane Rimmer, a robotic private detective who works cases in a futuristic urban setting. The show made frequent use of puns and visual gags. The series consisted of 22 six-minute episodes, covering two story arcs of equal length: "The Case Of The Human Cannonball" and "The Case Of The Maltese Parrot". The programme was originally broadcast in the United Kingdom as a segment of the Sunday morning show Network 7 on Channel 4, and was later repeated on the same channel in a late night spot. Produced by Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, the series was created and written by Terry Adlam, who had previously worked on effects for Anderson's Terrahawks. It was also the basis for the Anderson-created Tennants Pilsner advertising campaign using the Lou Tennant character.
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Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (1) | 1987-05-03 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (2) | 1987-05-10 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (3) | 1987-05-17 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (4) | 1987-05-24 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (5) | 1987-05-31 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (6) | 1987-06-07 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (7) | 1987-06-14 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (8) | 1987-06-21 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (9) | 1987-06-28 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (10) | 1987-07-05 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | The Case of the Human Cannonball (11) | 1987-07-12 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (1) | 1987-07-19 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (2) | 1987-07-26 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (3) | 1987-08-02 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (4) | 1987-08-09 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (5) | 1987-08-16 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (6) | 1987-08-23 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (7) | 1987-08-30 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (8) | 1987-09-06 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (9) | 1987-09-13 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (10) | 1987-09-20 | 10 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | The Case of the Maltese Parrot (11) | 1987-09-27 | 10 min |
Production | Gerry Anderson | Producer |