Canned Carrott
| Canned Carrott | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Comedy |
| Written by | Paul Alexander Jasper Carrott Hugh Dennis Steven Knight Steve Punt Mike Whitehill |
| Directed by | Ed Bye |
| Starring | Jasper Carrott |
| Theme music composer | Peter Griffiths Keith Strachan Matthew Strachan |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 12 (+ 6 specials) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Paul Smith |
| Producer | Ed Bye |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Celador Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 3 October 1990 – 26 August 1995 |
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.