Operation Good Guys: Series 3, Episode 1 - That's Entertainment - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
The Good Guys busy themselves making a Christmas film special for the BBC.
Further details
Paul Jackson suggests an hour long Christmas Special of Operation Good Guys to Beach and Ray. Beach is all for it, but he and Jackson have very different ideas about what they think this should involve. Jackson wants an extended documentary following the Good Guys at Christmas, whilst Beach wants a musical extravaganza with elves, snow and Val Doonican.
The Christmas Special takes over Beach's life and he is not happy when the men start talking about drugs busts and doing actual police work. The Good Guys are on the verge of a huge drugs bust but unfortunately it clashes with their dress rehearsal; they end up arresting a gang of drug dealers dressed as snowmen and reindeer.
Plans for the Christmas Special meanwhile are not going at all well. Beach had wanted snow, elves and Val Doonican but has ended up with Denise Van Outen, cocaine and an irate dwarf.
Broadcast details
Date
Thursday 27th July 2000
Time
10pm
Channel
Length
30 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
| David Gillespie | DI Jim Beach |
|---|---|
| Ray Burdis | DS Raymond Ash |
| Dominic Anciano | Sgt Dominic de Sade |
| Mark Burdis | Mark Kemp |
| Perry Benson | Bones |
| John Beckett | Strings |
| William Scully | Bill Zeebub |
| Hugo Blick | Narrator |
Guest cast
| Gee Williams | Kenny |
|---|---|
| Anthony Meikle | Security Guard |
| Cliff Tarr | Drugs Baron |
| Paul Jackson | Self |
| Michael Fish | Self |
| Will Wyatt | Self |
| Denise Van Outen | Self |
Writing team
| Dominic Anciano | Writer |
|---|---|
| Ray Burdis | Writer |
| Hugo Blick | Writer |
Production team
| Dominic Anciano | Director |
|---|---|
| Ray Burdis | Director |
| Dominic Anciano | Producer |
| Ray Burdis | Producer |
| Hugo Blick | Producer |
| Geoffrey Perkins | Executive Producer |
| Jim Beach | Executive Producer |
| Mark Hudson | Line Producer |
| Piotr Szkopiak | Editor |
| Chris Shaw | Editor |
| Nick Burnell | Production Designer |
| Rupert Allan | Production Designer |
| Tim Prosser | Production Designer |
| Ian Culverwell | Production Designer |
| Howard Lloyd | Production Designer |
| Ali Brown | Costume Designer |
| Stephanie Branscombe | Costume Designer |
| Carla Baxter | Costume Designer |
| Anna Zolotuhin | Costume Designer |
| Michelle May | Costume Designer |
| Caroline Rose | Make-up Designer |
| John Beckett | Composer |
| Stefan Lissner | Lighting Designer |
| Vincent Shaw | Lighting Designer |
| Ali Mahoney | Choreographer |
| Lene Langarrd | Choreographer |