Pie in the Sky The Best of Both Worlds (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

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Pie in the Sky

The Best of Both Worlds (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 49 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

After twenty-five years as a policeman, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe wants to retire and open his restaurant Pie In The Sky, with his accountant wife Margaret as cashier/bookkeeper.A week before exchanging contracts he is shot in the ...See moreAfter twenty-five years as a policeman, Detective Inspector Henry Crabbe wants to retire and open his restaurant Pie In The Sky, with his accountant wife Margaret as cashier/bookkeeper.A week before exchanging contracts he is shot in the leg by suave fraudster Dudley Hooperman. He is visited in hospital by A.C.C. Freddy Fisher,his police academy contemporary, who blames him for letting Hooperman escape and suspends him from duty until further notice. The suspension means that, as a non-serving officer, he does not have the option to resign. Woman constable Cambridge cannily notes that Crabbe has often cracked cases for which Fisher took the credit, hence the decision. Henry nonetheless presses ahead with his plan, buying hens to whom he plays Elgar and finding a vegetable supplier, Henderson, and an assistant chef in Steve Turner, a young ex-con who shares his passion for food. Henry is set up by a corrupt colleague, Skinner, paid by Hooperman to make it look as if Henry is taking a bribe. Skinner is killed in a car accident and his guilt exposed after which Fisher offers Henry "the best of both worlds". He exonerates him from all blame over the Hooperman affair provided he stays on as a policeman in addition to running the restaurant. Written by don @ minifie-1 See less

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20 cast members

Name	Known for
Richard Griffiths Henry Crabbe Henry Crabbe See fewer	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
Maggie Steed Margaret Crabbe Margaret Crabbe See fewer	The Painted Veil (2006)
Malcolm Sinclair Freddy Fisher Freddy Fisher See fewer	Casino Royale (2006)
Bella Enahoro P.C. Cambridge P.C. Cambridge See fewer	Pie in the Sky (1994)
Joe Duttine Steve Turner Steve Turner See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Alison McKenna Linda Linda See fewer	The American (1998)
Nick Raggett Henderson Henderson See fewer	Enola Holmes 2 (2022)
Timothy Stark D.C. Pinkney D.C. Pinkney See fewer	A Shocking Accident (1982)
David Beames D.S. Skinner D.S. Skinner See fewer	Maelstrom (1985)
Michael Kitchen Dudley Hooperman Dudley Hooperman See fewer	Out of Africa (1985)
Jane Galloway Physiotherapist Physiotherapist See fewer	The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
Michael Gardiner D.C.I. Hopkins D.C.I. Hopkins See fewer	Richard III (1983)
Thomas Craig D.S. Maltby D.S. Maltby See fewer	Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
Richard James Removal Man Removal Man See fewer	The Wolfman (2010)
Bunny May Gasman Gasman See fewer	EastEnders (1985)
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Michael Stainton Chef 2 Chef 2 See fewer	You Must Be the Husband (1987)
Clint Dyer Chef 3 Chef 3 See fewer	Sus (I) (2010)
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Bridget Brammall Debbie Skinner Debbie Skinner See fewer	Paper Mask (1990)