Thames Television turned tubby Derek Martin into Ronald King, a cockney heavy with hypochondriacal tendencies who decided to give up a life of crime by leaving the police force.
They teamed him with lanky Nigel Planer as gimpy David Castle – a martial-arts-practising moped-riding genealogist.
But the Laurel-and-Hardy-style debt collectors they became in this sub-Minderseries were never lovable.
The theme tune (Rough With The Smooth) was composed, arranged and produced by Hugh Cornwell from The Stranglers.
Ronald King Derek Martin
David Castle
Nigel Planer
Mr Hodinett
Andrew Cruickshank
Miss Wilmot
Mary Healey
Deirdre Aitken
Laura Davenport
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They teamed him with lanky Nigel Planer as gimpy David Castle – a martial-arts-practising moped-riding genealogist.
