Duck Patrol (1998)

Name: Duck Patrol
Genre: Comedy
Rating: 7
Cast: Richard Wilson, Craig Fairbrass, David Tennant, Geoffrey Hutchings, Jan Ravens

Comedy

Duck Patrol is a British television comedy series that originally aired in 1998. Produced by LWT for the ITV network, it centered around a river police station by the River Thames. 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.

IMDb rating: 7.0 (107 votes)
Episode average: 7.4 +0.4 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1998)

7.40 avg 7 episodes 6.4 → 7.9 24 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Flying Colours	6.4	15
2	Out to Grass	7.6	12
3	Occurrences	7.3	12
4	The Spirit of the Deep	7.4	11
5	Duck Turpin	7.3	11
6	River Rage	7.9	11
7	The Siege of Mallory Wharf	7.9	12