Dealing with young offenders | The Thin Blue Line

DI Grim and Inspector Fowler disagree on how to best deal with young offenders.
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Welcome to The Thin Blue Line official youtube channel. In this classic police sitcom, Rowan Atkinson plays Inspector Fowler, head of the Uniformed Branch of the fictional Gasforth police station. Fowler is constantly in battle of wits with DI Grim and the Criminal Investigation Department. Created by Ben Elton, the series aired from 1995 to 1996.

[@samosullivan1744]

I love how David Haig says “did you just call me a man with no bottom?” as if it’s the most offensive insult ever! Such an underrated actor!

[@stopher101]

0:48 I love the way grim is caught up in the song and nodding his head before realising what’s happening and shouting 🤣

[@kenford2669]

Quality spot, nice one,

[@garethjennings7192]

Those two are brilliant together

[@keithmatthews9043]

Why can’t we have comedy like this today when we most need it , brilliant

[@AnthonyWLeone]

He made fun of a certain group of people. That wouldn't be very PC.

[@keithmatthews9043]

@@AnthonyWLeone arr never mind still the best comedy

[@AnthonyWLeone]

@@keithmatthews9043 It is a great comedy and this is a great discovery for me. I'm just saying that this type of humor wouldn't fly nowadays.

[@keithmatthews9043]

@@AnthonyWLeone yes on that point as we live today I’m afraid I totally agree

[@thiagodeandrade7081]

Are you retarded? Why Nazis keep watching clips of joke after joke pratically ALL of which could be easily aired today andsrart whining?

[@CarlB_1962]

"If it were illegal to be sex mad, tone deaf and impossible to understand, we should have to arrest the entire population of France!" Priceless.

[@shockwave_datafiles8099]

It's always jokes about the french with Rowan.

[@ds1868]

@@christophercook723 Agreed. They really are quite revolting.

[@jimtaylor294]

@@ds1868 Aye. Often in more ways than one XD.

[@t.c.4321]

I live in France, and might I add the only problem with this great country, is that it is full of french people. Frankly calling them people is a disservice to man kind.

[@soumyaneelmanna3097]

@@t.c.4321 why do you say so?

[@darthkahn45]

There is little more iconic than Grim's rants. Absolute bars every time 😂

[@Ian_Beale_Eastenders]

Up ur social worker didums 'arf cocked blame it on society etc etc

[@gaurangkarmakar4046]

Hoity toity, arsty fartsy!!

[@stupid28273]

One of the best shows ever! Too short-lived!

[@beefsmusicchannel5404]

Unfortunately just two serious, the same of course as Fawlty Towers. Although I wouldn't put the two shows quite in the same bracket. It finished because the audiences didn't really like it, which was a shame because I really did.

[@jimtaylor294]

"You nick 'em!, you lock 'em up!!... and you throw away the door!!!" The so called "Open Prison" system in a nutshell XD.

[@vishmaster09]

I have no intention of mollying anyone 😂😂😂 When Fowler uses grims words he says it so sarcastically

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

Inspector Grimm made the show. I really miss his character.

[@TheTruthKiwi]

Was about to say exactly the same thing. He was very funny. :)

[@WorldWar2freak94]

How has Grim not had a heart attack? Also, how does Fowler stand working with a man who could double as megaphone?

[@synthonaplinth5980]

It's called 'satire'.

[@WorldWar2freak94]

@@synthonaplinth5980 No kidding, I thought it was a police drama. I was making a joke regarding the characters within the show.

[@NoGays13]

​@@WorldWar2freak94 have you done any drugs?

[@UserName-jm8yw]

@@WorldWar2freak94 What is your joke?

[@U2DrowningMan]

?

[@georgebambacas5955]

Camping trips with Inspector Fowler is ready.

[@colinnewmarch1106]

So funny ,proper comedy ,how they keep a straight face I don't know

[@raiyyansyed4584]

The solemnity with which he says Ging gang goolie goolie

[@anshgupta4546]

I love Rowan Atkinson

[@crystalball6358]

"And you may shove it up your truncheon pouch!"

[@ELDuderino597]

Grimm's a legend.

[@Salah-vg4tn]

Grimm is so funny

[@BlankRami]

As a non Brit, these two (ESPECIALLY Grim) are exactly how I imagine the British to be.

[@BlankRami]

I think Grim's hair loss isn't particularly a genetic issue. Poor guy just can't relax but then again, how could he when he has no bottom 😃

[@fives.]

No-one: describe British sitcoms Me: 2:03

[@tomcarlton854]

First manus/story and actors...... that's the answer. Thank you.

[@stepchildofsoul]

I believe the name is Brigadier Blaster Sump, Damn You...

[@helenanambalu6736]

Did you just call me a man without a bottom?😂😂

[@jeremysmith54565]

Apart from the one you use to communicate with pmsl

[@helenanambalu6736]

@@jeremysmith54565 😂😂

[@jeremysmith54565]

@@helenanambalu6736 The whole programme still makes me laugh lol

[@helenanambalu6736]

@@jeremysmith54565 Same here

[@crystalball6358]

"Ginggang goolie!"

[@counttommymarion7319]

How you do with young offenders, as you put them in various program camps. You sent them away for 2-3 months training and stuff that meets their previous interest that also Tire them out and keep them distracted.

[@caphalor08]

Eccentric? The man tried to be the first man to reach the South Pole in short trousers. Melchett incoming.

[@JJB88-y9v]

Blaster sump that looney I admit he's eccentric Eccentric the bloke tried to be the first man to reach the south pole in short trousers 😂 This show is comedy gold

[@helensimice725]

Love it

[@DanBeech-ht7sw]

They were both very entertaining in Four Weddings as well

[@judeogar5276]

Was Grim ever speaking English when he rants? 😂😂😂

[@georgebambacas5955]

You know bottom man. Inspector Fowler is so funny as Mr Bean the funniest comedy.

[@heal_the_world2]

1:24

[@c2wak]

Class act these too, absolutely hillarious. "You nick em you lock them up and you throw away the door" pahahahahaha

[@shreevari]

Inspector grim!

[@joesila3105]

3:15 poor Skinhead lad had been hit ! what a disgrace

[@debayanpaul233]

Watching it in 2020😀❤️ No one can beat mr bean🔥

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

Rowan Atkinson is like Jeremy clarkson they look and act serious while acting like a child and making faces. In the us we get football in the groin comedy. That gets old.

[@yous2244]

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@DEC19775]

Derek grimm is trying to be a top police officer but he’s as thick as 2 short planks

[@ปิยะพรอ่วมปัญญา-ฏ8ฏ]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@suebradford5758]

😁👍❤

[@jupiter8034]

😂😂😂

[@andrewpatter1943]

Grimm is a Legend

[@lawrencebishton9071]

What's that then ? Onenders

[@muhammadumar3938]

Sex mad 🤣

[@andynightingale7335]

The more I get older, the more I identity with DCI Derek Grimm...am sick of all this fannying around 😁

[@adventurewithtanvir6479]

hi

[@williamconnell6541]

The N.Z. Labour government needs to watch this 😁 c'mon tooth fairy , take a look.

[@juwitaaap9907]

Too

[@grahamspragg7494]

I used to love The Thin Blue Line. Part of me still does. But this scene was ruined with the "You've no bottom" line. Rowan Atkinson is famous for using that word, and it's almost always referring to one's derriere, but not here because he then says "APART from the one you use to communicate with". So if he's not on about Grim's hiney, what is he referring to? It smacks, of bottom, and filling. This scene was purely made to make Inspector Fowler say bottom just once throughout the series. It could have been done much more naturally.

[@RJSRdg]

It means Grim's talking out of his a**e!

[@danielvanr.8681]

For once, I'm with Grim on this one. You don't cuddle and pamper and "naughty naughty" uppety little shits; you teach them on the spot that actions carry consequences!

[@Someguyhere111]

You can do that whilst also trying to connect with them, understand their problems and trying to offer guidance to set them back on the correct course. It's not one extreme or the other - you can absolutely lay down the law while still treating them as human beings who deserve a chance to reform, who may simply be lost and need some help finding themselves.

[@thomasmain5986]

@@Someguyhere111 You have no bottom.