Spooner's Patch

*Spooner's Patch*
Spooner's Patch
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
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	19
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ATV (ITV)
Release	9 July 1979 –; 24 August 1982

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).^[1] It ran for 3 series and 19 episodes and was made and broadcast from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network, by ATV.^[2]

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.^[3]

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 (1980)". BFI.
^ "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

Spooner's Patch at IMDb

[1] "Spooner's Patch (1980)". BFI.

[2] "BFI Screenonline: Speight, Johnny (1920-1998) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.

[RadioTimes-3] Lewisohn, Mark (1998). Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy. BBC Books. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-563-36977-6.

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Ray Galton Alan Simpson
Sitcoms	Hancock's Half Hour (1954–60) Citizen James (1960) Hancock (1961) Comedy Playhouse Series 1 (1961–62) Series 2 (1963) Steptoe and Son (1962–74) The Galton and Simpson Comedy (1969) Clochemerle (1972) Casanova '73 (1973) The Galton and Simpson Playhouse (1977) Paul Merton in Galton and Simpson's... (1996–97)
Films	The Rebel (1961) The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) The Bargee (1964) The Spy with a Cold Nose (1966) Loot (1970) The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins (1971) Up the Chastity Belt (1971) Steptoe and Son (1972) Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
Galton with others	Spooner's Patch (1979–82) Room at the Bottom (1986–88) Get Well Soon (1997) Steptoe and Son in Murder at Oil Drum Lane (2005)
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