Series 1, Episode 13: Come Back to My Place
The cast:
MAN Michael Palin
INSPECTOR John Cleese
The sketch:
Cut to a policeman standing in a street man comes up to him.)
Man: Inspector, inspector.
Inspector: Uh huh.
Man: I’m terribly sorry but I was sitting on a park bench over there, took my coat off for a minute and then I found my wallet had been stolen and £15 taken from it.
Inspector: Well did you er, did you see anyone take it, anyone hanging around or…
Man: No no, there was no one there at all. That’s the trouble.
Inspector: Well there’s not very much we can do about that, sir.
Man: Do you want to come back to my place?
Inspector: … Yeah all right.
(Women’s Institute applauding.)