Duck Patrol

Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired between 19 July and 30 August 1998. Produced by LWT for the ITV network, it centred on a river police station by the River Thames. The series consisted of seven episodes: Flying Colours, Out to Grass, Occurrences, The Spirit of the Deep, Duck Turpin, River Rage, The Siege of Mallory Wharf.

Duck Patrol
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Jan Etherington Gavin Petrie
Starring	Richard Wilson
Theme music composer	Simon Wallace
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Executive producer	Humphrey Barclay
Producer	Jamie Rix
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	LWT
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	19 July (1998-07-19) – 30 August 1998 (1998-08-30)

The script for the pilot episode "Of Ducks and Men" was re-filmed with some changes to supporting cast and main cast uniforms, and retitled as "Flying Colours" which then became the first episode of the following series.

Cast

• Richard Wilson as PC Roland "Prof" Rose
• David Tennant as Simon "Darwin" Brown
• Samantha Beckinsale as Gillian "Marilyn" Monroe
• Trevor Cooper as James "Ollie" Oliver
• Geoffrey Hutchings as Malcolm "Sarge" White
• Jason Watkins as Kevin "Taz" Delaney
• Craig Fairbrass as Hero
• Sue Johnston as Val Rutland
• John Biggins as Stan Murdoch
• Jan Ravens as Angie Tennant

Episodes

Series	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	7		19 July 1998 (1998-07-19)	30 August 1998 (1998-08-30)

Series 1 (1998)

Filming for this series began in July 1998 and ended in August 1998.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"Flying Colours"	Unknown	Jan Etherington and Gavin Petrie	19 July 1998 (1998-07-19)
2	2	"Out to Grass"	Unknown	Sylvie Boden	26 July 1998 (1998-07-26)
3	3	"Occurrences"	Unknown	Unknown	2 August 1998 (1998-08-02)
4	4	"The Spirit of the Deep"	Unknown	Peter Tinniswood	9 August 1998 (1998-08-09)
5	5	"Duck Turpin"	Unknown	Unknown	16 August 1998 (1998-08-16)
6	6	"River Rage"	Unknown	Unknown	23 August 1998 (1998-08-23)
7	7	"The Siege of Mallory Wharf"	Unknown	Unknown	30 August 1998 (1998-08-30)

External links

• Duck Patrol at IMDb 
• Duck Patrol at British Comedy Guide