A robot detective investigates numerous bizarre crimes in a futuristic city.A robot detective investigates numerous bizarre crimes in a futuristic city.A robot detective investigates numerous bizarre crimes in a futuristic city.
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I haven't seen this show for over 20 years, but i can remember in one episode, Dick was on the trail of some-one or other, and his investigations lead him to a shady looking Chinese laundry. He started to grill the workers for information but they didn't want to play. So a punch up started. Fists flew, wheels spun ( remember Dick Spanner is a robot) Our hero in a desperate move decides to head butt the laundry workers and then hightail it down an alley. And in the movie classic time saving method of the spinning newspaper headlines. It read "SPANNER NUTS WASHERS AND BOLTS". They just don't write stuff like that anymore. I'm sad to hear that its not available on video or DVD.
Edit 6 july 2008, found it on DVD, helped me pass the time in afghanistan.
Edit 6 july 2008, found it on DVD, helped me pass the time in afghanistan.
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- TriviaTennent's Pilsner Lager wanted to use the show's characters in their advertisements, but couldn't obtain the rights. Instead, the show's creators devised Lou Tennent and Candy Floss, who were uncannily similar to Dick Spanner and Mae East.
- Alternate versionsThe show was re-edited into two hourlong features that were released by Polygram on VHS in the late 1980s (and packaged together on one tape in the 1990s). In addition to the opening recaps, a few scenes were removed.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Lost Worlds of Gerry Anderson (2015)
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