Bad Cop, Bad Cop

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Bad Cop, Bad Cop
GenreComedy
Created byIan David
Written byIan David
Directed byCate Shortland
David Caesar
StarringMichael Caton
Daniel Wyllie
Helen Thomson
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
ProducerIan David
Production locationsSydney, New South Wales, Australia
Running time26 minutes
Production companySouthern Star Entertainment
Release
Original networkABC
Original release18 November 2002 (2002-11-18) –
6 January 2003 (2003-01-06)

Bad Cop, Bad Cop is a 2002 Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Southern Star, directed by David Caesar

Cast[]

  • Michael Caton – Det. Red Lilywhite
  • Dan Wyllie – Det. Cons. Lou Knutt
  • Helen Thompson – lawyer Tracy Lafever
  • Roy Billing – Assistant Commissioner "Pud" Tugwell
  • – Slim Azzopardi

Premise[]

The series is a black comedy about two utterly corrupt police officers Lilywhite and Knutt (the "bad cop, bad cop" of the title). Lafever is their friend, a lawyer with a relaxed attitude to the goings on. Police graft, corruption and brutality are satirised in a very dry comic fashion, and with a stream of matter-of-fact obscenities. The series is shot in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, with Lilywhite and Knutt often seen drinking at the and numerous references to Maroubra.[1] Police misconduct had been a real-life problem in New South Wales and elsewhere in Australia.

The title is a reference to the tactic of good cop, bad cop; though in this case both cops are as bad as each other.

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