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.

Canned Carrott
GenreComedy
Written byPaul Alexander
Jasper Carrott
Hugh Dennis
Steven Knight
Steve Punt
Mike Whitehill
Directed byEd Bye
StarringJasper Carrott
Theme music composerPeter Griffiths
Keith Strachan
Matthew Strachan
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes12 (+ 6 specials)
Production
Executive producerPaul Smith
ProducerEd Bye
Running time30 minutes
Production companyCelador Productions
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release3 October 1990 (1990-10-03) –
26 August 1995 (1995-08-26)

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.[1]

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

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Transmissions

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  • 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

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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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  1. ^ "BBC – Comedy Guide – The Detectives". 17 December 2004. Archived from the original on 17 December 2004. Retrieved 12 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)