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| Created by | Ray Galton Johnny Speight |
| Directed by | William G. Stewart |
| Starring | Ronald Fraser Peter Cleall Norman Rossington Patricia Hayes John Lyons Donald Churchill |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | ATV/Central |
| Original release | |
| Network | ITV |
| Release | 9 July 1979 (1979-07-09) – 24 August 1982 (1982-08-24) |
Spooners Patch is a British television sitcom, written by Ray Galton and Johnny Speight. It ran for 3 series and 19 episodes and was made and broadcast from 9 July 1979 to 24 August 1982 on the ITV network, by ATV.
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
- Lynn Farleigh - Mrs Webster
- John Clegg - Vicar
- Donald Morley - Mayor
- Ronnie Brody - Man in Police station
- Roy Barraclough - Landlord
- Amanda Barrie - Spooners Girlfriend
- Ballard Berkeley - Bank Manager
- Barrie Rutter - The Psychiatrist
- Harry Fowler - Jimmy the con
- Reginald Marsh - Senior Police Officer
- James Villiers - Film Producer
- Jonathan Cecil - Captain Jim
- Wendy Richard - Girl
- Stuart Saunders - Golf Club Secretary
- Bob Bryan - Mr. Webster
- Mary Conlon - Bulsover’s Girlfriend
- Chris Cunningham - Dutch Sailor
- Jack Douglas - Man in Car
- Frank Coda - Jimmy’s Friend
- Jeffrey Segal - Bank Manager
- Lee Whitlock - Boy
- John Barron - The Golf Club President
- Willy Bowman - Dutch Sailor
- Sarah Carthy - Killick’s Girlfriend
- Anthony Sharp - The Doctor
- Ruby Buchanan - Old Lady
- John Louis Mansi - Waiter
- Ava Cadell - Greta - Au Pair Girl
- Mavis Pugh - Woman
- Terry Gurry - Dutch Sailor
- Bill Treacher - Car owner
- Debbie Linden - Film Girl
- Bella Emberg - The Mayor’s Wife
- Richard Fraser - TV Reporter
- Richard Sheekey - Dutch Sailor
- Stan Van - 2nd Waiter
- Billy Gray - Postman
- Richard Speight - Clapper Boy
References
- "Spooner's Patch (1980)". BFI. Archived from the original on 30 December 2017.
- "BFI Screenonline: Speight, Johnny (1920-1998) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- Lewisohn, Mark (1998). Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. BBC Books. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-563-36977-6.
External links
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- 1979 British television series debuts
- 1982 British television series endings
- 1970s British sitcoms
- 1970s British workplace comedy television series
- 1980s British sitcoms
- 1980s British workplace comedy television series
- British English-language television shows
- ITV sitcoms
- Television shows produced by Associated Television (ATV)
- Television shows produced by Central Independent Television
- Television series created by Ray Galton