Dick Spanner, P.I. was a tongue-in-cheek 1986 British television series featuring puppets filmed entirely in stop-motion animation, starring mild-mannered robotprivate detective Dick Spanner as the suitably square-jawed titular hero (voiced by Shane Rimmer). A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Stop motion is an animation technique which makes things that are static appear to be moving. ... ASIMO, a humanoid robot manufactured by Honda. ... A private investigator, or PI, is a person who undertakes investigations. ... Shane Rimmer (born 28th May 1936) is a Canadian actor and voice actor. ...
The series consisted of 22 six-minute episodes, covering two story arcs: "The Case of the Human Cannonball" and "The Case Of The Maltese Parrot", both consisting of 11 episodes each. The programme was originally seen in the UK as part of Sunday morning show Network Seven, but was later given a late night showing, where its sly satire and sight-gags could perhaps be better appreciated.
Occasionally referred to as "the world's strangest private investigator," this blurb from one episode says it all:
"Will Spanner get his bird or will he fall foul of Eric Von Strongbow? Why are all the smalls taking over Ivywood and is Mae East revealing more than she should...? Find out in "The Case Of The Maltese Parrot."
The series was created by Terry Adlam, and produced by Gerry Anderson, of Thunderbirds fame. Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson are most famous as the production team for several futuristic childrens television shows involving specially modified marionettes, a process called supermarionation. Their most famous production is Thunderbirds, which was produced by their production company, originally known as AP Films and later renamed Century 21... Thunderbirds is a British mid-1960s television show devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and made by AP Films using a form of puppetry dubbed Supermarionation. The series followed the adventures of International Rescue, an organisation created to help those in grave danger using technically advanced machinery. ...
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