Spooner's Patch

Spooners Patch is a British television sitcom, written by Ray Galton (best known for his writing collaborations with Alan Simpson, including 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.

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