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Spooner's Patch

Spooner's Patch

★ 8.0/10•1979•30m•12•Comedy
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Follows the daily antics of Woodley police station, where officers are more interested in taking bribes and doing little work than catching criminals. Inspector Spooner lives alone in a flat above the station and often had to deal with the messes created by his junior staff.

StatusEnded
Runtime30m
LanguageEN
First Air DateJul 9, 1979

Episodes

E130m

The Unwanted Prisoner

Spooner isn't amused when the inscription 'Spooner's Pigsty' is daubed on the noticeboard; or when Constable Bulsover drives straight into his superior's car.

Jul 9, 1979

E230m

The Morning After...

Spooner emerges from his flat above the station, still in his dressing gown and suffering a hangover with accompanying memory loss.

Jul 16, 1979

E330m

The Share-Out

Bribery and corruption? Spooner and Goatman make a stout denial when the golf trolleys they trundle into the station prove to be full of wine, groceries and other goodies.

Jul 30, 1979

E430m

The Presentation Clock

Spooner's great ambition is to win the golf club championship and the presentation clock that goes with it. In spite of cheating, he fails, but a surprise awaits him at the station.

Aug 13, 1979

E530m

Par for the Course

Nothing goes right for Spooner on the day he is to play golf with the club president — from trouble with pensioners to being badly chauffeured by Bulsover.

Aug 20, 1979

E630m

The Share-Out

The Mayor, one of Spooner's few admirers, asks him to keep an eye on his house while he is away. Greta, the au pair, is certainly worth keeping an eye on...

Mar 19, 1980

Actors

Donald Churchill

Donald Churchill

DI Spooner

Peter Cleall

DC Bulsover

John Lyons

John Lyons

PC Killick

Patricia Hayes

Patricia Hayes

The Traffic Warden

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