Episode guide
Series 1
The Thin Blue Line
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The Queen's Birthday Present
The very first episode of Ben Elton's witty police station-set sitcom with Rowan Atkinson. Meet Inspector Fowler and his lady friend, Sergeant Dawkins.
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Fire and Terror
Ben Elton's superb police sitcom follow-up to Blackadder, also starring Rowan Atkinson. Grim gets to deal with terrorists and Habib falls in love with a sexy fireman.
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Honey Trap
Like The Bill with a lot more laughs, from the mind of Ben Elton. Fowler's strategy for the pub quiz is sabotaged from within as his star player is indisposed.
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Rag Week
Laughs with the boys in blue from the mind of Blackadder co-writer Ben Elton and the deadpan delivery of Rowan Atkinson. Fowler faces the stress of student rag week.
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Night Shift
Writer Ben Elton and star Rowan Atkinson are reunited in the comedy about a rather incompetent police force. The station's full of juvenile yobs, but that's CID for you!
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Kids Today
Rowan Atkinson is teamed up with Blackadder writer Ben Elton again for the sitcom about a team of inept police officers. Fowler plans a camping trip for young offenders.
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Yuletide Spirit
Incompetent policemen; there's a rich source of comedy material, as Mr Bean transforms into Inspector Fowler. Grim is on the trail of highly dangerous carol singers.
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Series 2
The Thin Blue Line
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Court in the Act
Rowan 'Mr Bean' Atkinson stars in the great police station sitcom as pompous Inspector Raymond Fowler. Constable Goody gets to try out a rather nice new uniform.
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Ism Ism Ism
Rowan Atkinson teams up again with Blackadder writer Ben Elton for the police station sitcom. Fowler faces an asylum seeker and Grim faces up to a dead turkey's bottom.
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Fly on the Wall
Ben Elton and Rowan Atkinson join forces again in the hilarious police sitcom. A BBC crew comes to Gasforth to make a documentary about policing in the raw.
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Alternative Culture
Rowan Atkinson stars as the inept police inspector Raymond Fowler. A plumbing crisis at the station means the women have to share the men's locker room.
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Come on You Blues
Ben Elton serves up more laughs with the blunder boys in blue. Gasforth FC get through to the second round of the FA Cup. Grim looks forward to some real hooligans.
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Road Rage
More comic adventures with the great Rowan Atkinson as Inspector Fowler. Patricia decides to spend her leave with a tribe of road protesters known as the Dongers.
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The Green-Eyed Monster
Laughs at the expense of the boys in blue with the beany Rowan Atkinson. Will Fowler finally propose to Patricia? And will she accept him if he does?
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