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Lazarus and Dingwall is a British sitcom starring Stephen Frost and Mark Dingwall as two inept detectives in a pastiche of police dramas. The programme ran for six episodes on BBC Two from 1 February 1 to 8 March 1991.
Steve Lazarus and Mark Dingwall are a somewhat unconventional duo in the more than slightly unconventional sector of Really Serious Crimes. Their chief is both eccentric and incompetent, and everyone else is equally oddball, from desk worker and the object of Dingwall's affections, Beverly Armitage, to the plainclothes duo. However, despite their somewhat unique approach, what the department seems to come up trumps more often than not.
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Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01You Expect Us to Believe That?February 1, 1991—When a local market fishmonger unwittingly begins dealing pure cocaine, Dingwall is sent undercover to make contact with the drugs baron who
- S01E02What Happened to the Gerbil?February 8, 1991—The Really Serious Crimes squad are called in when a stuntman is killed on a film set. The actor holding the gun claims he's innocent, but i
- S01E03The Whisper of a Bat's WingFebruary 15, 1991—When a successful businessman is kidnapped and his wife receives a £5 million ransom demand, Lazarus and Dingwall are on the case. He could
- S01E04What the Hell's Going On?February 22, 1991—After a millionaire's model wife is painted to death, Lazarus and Dingwall are assigned to solve the case. Everyone seems to have a motive,
- S01E05This Isn't Your Lucky DayMarch 1, 1991—Chief smells something fishy in the apparently accidental demise of a newspaper astrology expert. The bizarre cause of his death just seems
- S01E06The Little Red Mark on the Side of the HeadMarch 8, 1991—After a spate of murders that appear to be immitating Cluedo scenarios, the Really Serious Crimes team is threatened with dissolution. Lazar
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