Duck Patrol

Duck Patrol
GenreComedy
Created byJan Etherington
Gavin Petrie
StarringRichard Wilson
Theme music composerSimon Wallace
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of series1
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerHumphrey Barclay
ProducerJamie Rix
Running time25 minutes
Production companyLWT
Original release
NetworkITV
Release19 July (1998-07-19) –
30 August 1998 (1998-08-30)

Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired in 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.

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

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
1719 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
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Flying Colours"UnknownJan Etherington and Gavin Petrie19 July 1998 (1998-07-19)
22"Out to Grass"UnknownSylvie Boden26 July 1998 (1998-07-26)
33"Occurrences"UnknownUnknown2 August 1998 (1998-08-02)
44"The Spirit of the Deep"UnknownPeter Tinniswood9 August 1998 (1998-08-09)
55"Duck Turpin"UnknownUnknown16 August 1998 (1998-08-16)
66"River Rage"UnknownUnknown23 August 1998 (1998-08-23)
77"The Siege of Mallory Wharf"UnknownUnknown30 August 1998 (1998-08-30)