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Directed by
  
William G. Stewart

No. of series
  
3

First episode date
  
9 July 1979

Number of episodes
  
19

Number of series
  
3

Country of origin
  
United Kingdom

No. of episodes
  
19

Final episode date
  
24 August 1982

Director
  
William G. Stewart

Created by
  
Ray Galton Johnny Speight

Starring
  
Ronald Fraser Peter Cleall Norman Rossington Patricia Hayes John Lyons Donald Churchill

Program creators
  
Johnny Speight, Ray Galton

Similar
  
Get Well Soon, Skyll inte på mig!, Casanova '73, Citizen James, Not On Your Nellie

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Spooners Patch is a British television sitcom, written by Ray Galton, best known for the sitcom Steptoe and Son and Johnny Speight best known for Till Death Us Do Part. It ran for 3 series and 19 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network, by ATV.

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Plot

It is set in a police station in the fictional London suburb of Woodley. The title character of Spooner (Ronald Fraser, then Donald Churchill) is the inspector in charge who is engaged in various corrupt ventures and lives above the station. The other main characters are the officers who work under him, including a detective played by Peter Cleall who thinks he is from Starsky & Hutch and drives around in a Ford Anglia in the same red and white colour scheme as their Ford Torino. Patricia Hayes appeared in the second two series as a traffic warden.

Cast list

  • Ronald Fraser - Inspector Spooner
  • Donald Churchill - Inspector Spooner (1980 -1982)
  • Peter Cleall - Detective Constable Bolsover
  • John Lyons - PC Killick
  • Patricia Hayes - Mrs Cantaford
  • Norman Rossington - PC Goatman
  • Dermot Kelly - Kelly
  • References

    Spooner's Patch Wikipedia