''Detective School'' (a.k.a. ''Detective School – One Flight Up'') is an American television

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that ran on

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for four months in

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

, for a total of 13 episodes. The show was about an assortment of students who went to

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to learn basic

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skills, but who kept being caught up in real criminal cases and getting themselves and their teacher (an inept

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) into trouble. This show was written, directed and produced by Jeff Harris and Bernie Kukoff, the creators of ''

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''.

Cast and characters

* James Gregory as Nick Hannigan, the inept P.I. who teaches the class. *

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as Robert Redford, an elderly student who just happens to have the same name as the actor. *

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as salesman Eddie Dawkins. * Melinda Naud as lingerie model Maggie Ferguson. *

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-dancing Silvio Galindez. *

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as loudmouthed housewife Charlene Jenkins. *

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as door-to-door salesman Leo Frick.

Episodes

Season 1: summer 1979

Season 2: autumn 1979

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0078598 1970s American sitcoms 1979 American television series debuts 1979 American television series endings American English-language television shows Fictional amateur detectives Television shows set in New York City American Broadcasting Company sitcoms