▁each , ▁from ▁February ▁to ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁and ▁April ▁to ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁It ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Tom ▁Jam ies on ▁and ▁Nev ▁F ount ain ▁and ▁produced ▁by ▁Jan ▁Rav ens . ▁ ▁Set ▁in ▁the ▁fict ional ▁Dr um lin ▁Bay , ▁Corn wall , ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 7 9 0 s , ▁Ele ph ants ▁To ▁C atch ▁E els ▁follows ▁the ▁sm ugg ling ▁explo its ▁of ▁the ▁resource ful ▁T ams yn ▁Tre law ney ▁( Lu cy ▁Speed ▁[ series ▁ 1 ]; ▁Sher idan ▁Smith ▁[ series ▁ 2 ]) ▁and ▁her ▁d run ken ▁inn keeper ▁father ▁J ago ▁( John ▁B owe ). ▁The ▁new ▁Custom s ▁Collect or , ▁Major ▁Thomas ▁Fal con er ▁( C amer on ▁Stewart ), ▁finds ▁it ▁difficult ▁to ▁believe ▁a ▁woman ▁could ▁be ▁involved ▁in ▁sm ugg ling , ▁unlike ▁his ▁deput y , ▁Captain ▁Mar ri ot ▁( And rew ▁McG ib bon ). ▁Other ▁characters ▁include ▁S quire ▁Bas com be ▁( Martin ▁Hy der ), ▁the ▁g ib ber ish - sp out ing ▁Mad ▁Gilbert ▁( also ▁played ▁by ▁Hy der ) ▁and ▁the ▁g ul li ble ▁De we y ▁( Mark ▁Fel gate ), ▁with ▁other ▁parts ▁played ▁by ▁Mark ▁Perry , ▁Michael ▁F ent on ▁Stevens , ▁Phil ▁Nice ▁and ▁India ▁Fish er . ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁episodes ▁of ▁Series ▁ 1 , ▁Im el da ▁Sta un ton ▁guest