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Canned Carrott is a comedy stand-up and sketch-show by Jasper Carrott. It gave rise to a spin-off series, and made the names of regular contributors Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis.
Two of the regular sketches were "Wiggy" and "The Detectives". "Wiggy" followed the adventures of a man with an unconvincing wig (played by Carrott). It was a slapstick comedy in which the characters were silent except for the narrator, similar in style to Mr. Bean or The Benny Hill Show.
The most popular sketch segment was "The Detectives", featuring two mediocre police officers, Briggs and Louis (played by Carrott and Robert Powell), who tried unsuccessfully to emulate the actions of television detectives. Such was the popularity of this sketch that it became the basis of another television comedy series, The Detectives.
Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis subsequently joined the cast of The Mary Whitehouse Experience, and later 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")




Transmissions


Series 1: 6 episodes, 3 October 1990 to 7 November 1990
Specially Selected Canned Carrott: 3 and 10 September 1991
Series 2: 6 episodes, 21 November 1991 to 2 January 1992
More Specially Selected Canned Carrott: 15 September 1992
The Juicy Bits: 24 May 1994
More Juicy Bits: 1 July 1995
Extra Juicy Bits: 26 August 1995




DVD release


In 2011, Canned Carrott received a DVD release comprising all the episodes from the first series. The DVD was titled as ‘Canned Carrott Volume 1’ and inside the DVD Case on the inlay was a promotion stating that Canned Carrott Volume 2 was coming soon, although it was never released.




References

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• Canned Carrott
• Jasper Carrott
• Canned
• Steven Knight
• Hugh Dennis
• The Imaginatively Titled Punt & Dennis Show
• Enn Reitel
• The Detectives (1993 TV series)
• Ed Bye
• Steve Punt