Canned Carrott

Canned Carrott
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Paul Alexander Jasper Carrott Hugh Dennis Steven Knight Steve Punt Mike Whitehill
Directed by	Ed Bye
Starring	Jasper Carrott
Theme music composer	Peter Griffiths Keith Strachan Matthew Strachan
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Executive producer(s)	Paul Smith
Producer(s)	Ed Bye
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Celador Productions
Release
Original network	BBC1
Picture format	4:3
Original release	3 October 1990 – 2 January 1992

Canned Carrott (1990–1992) is 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 (played by Carrott). 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 (played by Carrott and Robert Powell), 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.

Cast

• Jasper Carrott - Himself/Various Characters (including Bob Louis in "The Detectives" and Wiggy)
• Hugh Dennis - Various Characters
• Nosher Powell
• Robert Powell - Dave Briggs (segment "The Detectives")
• Steve Punt - Various Characters
• Enn Reitel - Narrator (segment "Wiggy") (voice)
• George Sewell - Supt Cottam (segment "The Detectives")