Dick Spanner
Dick Spanner

Series·1987·2 Seasons

Dick Spanner

Created By

Gerry Anderson

Country

GB

Language

English

Episodes

22

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The Story

Original title: Dick Spanner, P.I.

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.

Producer

Gerry Anderson

Themes

futureparodystop motionprivate investigatorrobot

Production House

Anderson Burr Pictures

Audience Score

65%

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Perfection23%

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// cast

Cast

Shane Rimmer

Shane Rimmer

Dick Spanner

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Crew

Gerry Anderson

Gerry Anderson

Producer

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