Dick Spanner, P.I. (1986 - 1987)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 1986 - 1987
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 22 (alternate version: 4)
Average Episode Running Times: 6 mins (alternate version: 24 mins)
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Anderson Burr
Producers: Gerry Anderson, Christopher Burr
Associate Producer: Bob Bell

SCRIPT
Creative Supervision: Gerry Anderson

DIRECTION
Director: Steve Begg, Terry Adlam

PHOTOGRAPHY
Photography: Steve Begg, Paddy Seale

MUSIC
Music / Performed By: Christopher Burr

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Animator: Mark Woollard

VOICES
Shane Rimmer (Dick Spanner)

The misadventures of the wisecracking robot private detective Dick Spanner.

EPISODES

1. The Case of the Human Cannon Ball (11 parts)
2. The Case of the Maltese Parrot (11 parts)

Originally shown in 22 six minute episodes but later re-edited into 4 twenty-four minute stories.

AVAILABILITY

UK
Television Distributors: Channel 4

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dick Spanner

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Starburst no.107 (July 1987) p.38 (UK)
review

KEYWORDS

model animation, parallel universes, private investigators, robots

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009