| The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Keith Allen Peter Richardson |
| Directed by | Stephen Frears |
| Starring | Keith Allen Peter Richardson Robbie Coltrane |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Michael White |
| Producer | Elaine Taylor |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Release | 3 November 1984 (1984-11-03) |
The Bullshitters: Roll Out the Gunbarrel is a 1984medium-length TV film directed byStephen Frears.[1] Aspoof of the TV seriesThe Professionals,[2] it was first broadcast in 1984 onChannel 4.
Although it was made by many people behindThe Comic Strip,[3] the film did not feature the Comic Strip title sequence, and is not considered by some to be part of the series. However, it was included inThe Comic StripDVD box set (2005),[4] and its lead characters, Bonehead and Foyle reappeared in a later short Comic Strip film,Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown. It was also represented as an episode of the show on30 Years of The Comic Strip.
Commander Jackson (Robbie Coltrane), head of DI5, hears that his daughter Janie has been kidnapped and held for ransom. He calls in ex-agents Bonehead (Keith Allen) and Foyle (Peter Richardson) to save her. Since being kicked out of DI5, Bonehead works at a TV Tough Guys School, teaching others the "rules" of being a "TV tough guy", and Foyle is now an actor on stage. Jackson blackmails the two into working together.