@prefix rdf: . @prefix dbpedia-owl: . rdf:type dbpedia-owl:TelevisionShow . @prefix owl: . rdf:type owl:Thing , dbpedia-owl:Work . @prefix ns3: . @prefix dbpedia: . ns3:starring dbpedia:Shane_Rimmer ; ns3:creator dbpedia:Gerry_Anderson , dbpedia:Christopher_Burr ; dbpedia-owl:episodeNumber 22 ; ns3:network dbpedia:Channel_4 ; owl:sameAs , . @prefix foaf: . foaf:name "Dick Spanner, P.I." ; foaf:page . @prefix xsd: . @prefix ns7: . ns7:releaseDate "1986-01-01T00:00:00-05:00"^^xsd:gYear ; ns7:completionDate "1987-01-01T00:00:00-05:00"^^xsd:gYear ; dbpedia-owl:runtime "360"^^xsd:duration ; dbpedia-owl:starring dbpedia:Shane_Rimmer ; dbpedia-owl:creator dbpedia:Gerry_Anderson , dbpedia:Christopher_Burr ; ns3:episodeNumber 22 ; dbpedia-owl:network dbpedia:Channel_4 . @prefix dbpprop: . @prefix ns9: . dbpprop:reference ns9:gerry-andersons-dick-spanner . @prefix rdfs: . rdfs:label "Dick Spanner, P.I."@en ; ns7:runtime "360"^^xsd:duration ; dbpprop:abstract "Dick Spanner, P.I. was a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque detective shows. The titular character and main protagonist was Dick Spanner, voiced by Shane Rimmer, a robotic private detective who works cases in a futuristic urban setting. The show made frequent use of puns and visual gags. The series consisted of 22 six-minute episodes, covering two story arcs of equal length: \"The Case Of The Human Cannonball\" and \"The Case Of The Maltese Parrot\". The programme was originally broadcast in the UK as a segment of the Sunday morning show Network 7 on Channel 4, and was later repeated on the same channel in a late night spot. Produced by Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson, the series was created and written by Terry Adlam, who had previously worked on effects for Anderson's Terrahawks. It was also the basis for the Anderson-created Tennants Pilsner advertising campaign using the Lou Tennant character. The series was released on VHS by the Channel 5 video label (who released many other Gerry Anderson series) towards the end of the 1980s; two cassettes were released, 'The Case of the Human Cannonball' and 'The Case of the Maltese Parrot'. Both 'cases' had their respective episodes spliced together to meake up the complete story, with minor cuts. In the early 1990s, both 'cases' were re-released on a single cassette by Polygram Video. All of the VHS releases are now hard to come by and command respectable amounts of money when sold online. A DVD of the series was released on 15 October 2007, with extras including an interview with Gerry Anderson. At the request of Anderson himself, the episodes featured new acoustic background music in place of the original synthesiser theme tune/background music (which is probably the series' most famous element and is fondly remembered by many who watched the series on Network 7). The remaining soundtrack (sound effects etc) were altered to the extent that many of the show's audio gags either no longer work, or are missing entirely. The quality of the original prints appears to have degraded somewhat since the VHS releases, as they seem a lot cleaner and have more vibrant colour. Finally, although the DVD release version is split into the original six minute segments, the original end credits sequences have been replaced by a new set of credits made for the DVD. In all, the DVD is a less-than-faithful representation of the series; those wishing to watch Dick Spanner in its original form are better served by the original VHS releases."@en ; rdfs:comment "Dick Spanner, P.I. was a 1986 British stop-motion animated comedy series which parodied Chandleresque detective shows. The titular character and main protagonist was Dick Spanner, voiced by Shane Rimmer, a robotic private detective who works cases in a futuristic urban setting. The show made frequent use of puns and visual gags. The series consisted of 22 six-minute episodes, covering two story arcs of equal length: \"The Case Of The Human Cannonball\" and \"The Case Of The Maltese Parrot\"."@en ; dbpedia-owl:releaseDate "1986-01-01T00:00:00-05:00"^^xsd:gYear ; dbpedia-owl:completionDate "1987-01-01T00:00:00-05:00"^^xsd:gYear . @prefix skos: . skos:subject , . @prefix ns12: . skos:subject ns12:Century_21_Productions , ns12:Channel_4_television_programmes , . @prefix ns13: . dbpprop:wikiPageUsesTemplate ns13:infobox_television , ns13:imdb_title , ; dbpprop:numEpisodes "22 \u00D7 6 minutes (alternate version: 4 \u00D7 24 minutes)"@en ; "Dick Spanner, P.I."@en , 19861 ; dbpprop:firstAired 1986 ; dbpprop:lastAired 1987 ; dbpprop:imdbTitleProperty 164252 , "Dick Spanner, P.I."@en ; dbpprop:runtime "6 minutes (alternate version: 24 minutes)"@en ; dbpprop:creator dbpedia:Gerry_Anderson , dbpedia:Christopher_Burr ; dbpprop:network dbpedia:Channel_4 ; dbpprop:caption "Promotional image featuring the title character, Dick Spanner"@en ; dbpprop:showName "Dick Spanner, P.I."@en ; dbpprop:format dbpedia:Comedy , dbpedia:Stop_motion ; dbpprop:starring dbpedia:Shane_Rimmer ; dbpprop:hasPhotoCollection ; dbpprop:redirect , , . dbpedia:Dick_Spanner dbpprop:redirect .