Operation Good Guys (1997)

Genre

comedy television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

3 seasons, 19 episodes

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British mockumentary follows a police task force as they bungle an operation to catch a crime lord. The show captures the team's professional and personal disasters on camera. Celebrities and ex-cons get pulled into their chaotic world.

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What happens

Operation Good Guys is a British mockumentary series about an elite police unit's bid to snare one of Britain's most powerful crime lords. It was first screened on BBC Two from 29 December 1997 to 31 August 2000. It witnesses, on camera, the total breakdown, professionally and personally, of the Operation Good Guys team. Throughout the operation, The 'Good Guys' have an unfortunate habit of embroiling into their calamitous world some of the country's best-known celebrities, from actors and footballers, to TV presenters and even the odd ex-convict. It was created by Ray Burdis and co-written by Burdis, Hugo Blick and Dominic Anciano, although much of the dialogue was improvised by the actors. The series utilised the concept of a mock documentary capturing the truths of a work place four years before the notion reached fame in The Office. However, this mockumentary style was watered down slightly when a laugh track was added for the second and third series as well as having standalone episodes instead of a story arc. Actor David Gillespie stated it was added after the first series was not accessible to viewers as a comedy series. The series was awarded the Silver Rose for Best Sitcom and the Prix de la Presse, voted for by the International Press, at the Montreux Golden Rose Festival in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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