Dick Spanner, P.I. was a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque
detective shows.
The titular character and main protagonist was Dick Spanner, voiced by Shane Rimmer, a robotic private
detective who works cases in a futuristic urban setting.
The show made frequent use of puns and visual gags.
The series consisted of 22 six-minute episodes, covering two story arcs of equal length: "The Case Of
The Human Cannonball" and "The Case Of The Maltese Parrot".
The programme was originally broadcast in the UK as a segment of the Sunday morning show Network 7 on
Channel 4, and was later repeated on the same channel in a late night spot.
Produced by Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, the series was created and written by Terry Adlam, who
had previously worked on effects for Anderson's Terrahawks.




Original filenames unknown




No subtitles included




Screenshots five episodes only

Episode 01 , Episode 02 , Episode 03 ,
Episode 04 , Episode 05 .




Dick Spanner, P.I. 1987



Dick Spanner, P.I. 1987




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