As with other shows launched in this timeslot, The Glam Metal Detectives attempted to innovate and combine genres.
[1] The series starred Gary Beadle, Phil Cornwell, Doon Mackichan (playing most of the female roles), Sara Stockbridge, George Yiasoumi, and Mark Caven.
Like other BBC content of the mid-1990s (such as KYTV), it often lampooned the low-budget quality of satellite television available in the UK at the time.
", by Trevor Horn and Lol Creme, was released as a CD single,[2] with the main cast appearing in character on Top of the Pops.
The special was co-written by Peter Richardson, Robert Popper, the cast of the show and the magazine's editor, cartoonist and writer David Leach, who had previously created Psycho Gran for the cult British Kids comic, Oink.