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Pie in the Sky: Created by Andrew Payne. With Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair, Nick Raggett. DI Crabbe retires from the police force after being shot and sets up his own restaurant.
- (2K)
- 1994-03-12
- Comedy, Crime, Drama
- 50
Pie in the Sky is a British police comedy drama starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997, as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries. The protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty, "semi-retired ...
- 5
- 40 (list of episodes)
- 13 March 1994 –, 17 August 1997
- BBC1
pie in the sky: an unrealistic enterprise or prospect of prosperity.
the expression ‘Pie in the sky’. The phrase appeared first in Hill’s The Preacher and the Slave, which parodied the Salvation Army hymn In the Sweet Bye and Bye: From the day of your birth it’s bread and water here on earth. To a child of life to a child of life. But there’ll be pie in the sky by and by when I die and it’ll be ...
S1.E1 ∙ The Best of Both Worlds. Sat, Mar 12, 1994. After twenty-five years as a policeman, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe wants to retire and open his restaurant Pie In The Sky, with his accountant wife Margaret as cashier/bookkeeper.A week before exchanging contracts he is shot in the leg by suave fraudster Dudley Hooperman.
PIE IN THE SKY definition: 1. something that you hope will happen but is very unlikely to happen: 2. something that you hope…. Learn more.
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Henry Crabbe, a reluctant detective with a passion for food gets set to retire and open his own restaurant, Pie in the Sky. However, his supervisor, Chief Constable Fisher, keeps drawing Crabbe ...
