Spooner's Patch (1979)
Comedy set in a small Police Station filled with self serving corrupt coppers!
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Episode 0 - Pilot Episode
Release Date:Recorded in 1978 with Ian Bannen as Spooner, this test episode was never shown when the lead was recast with Ronald Fraser as Spooner. The episode is eventually reworked with new casting as 'Par For The Course', episode 5 of series one.
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Episode 1 - The Unwanted Prisoner
Release Date: 1979-07-09Spooner 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.
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Episode 2 - The Morning After...
Release Date: 1979-07-16Spooner emerges from his flat above the station, still in his dressing gown and suffering a hangover with accompanying memory loss.
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Episode 3 - The Share-Out
Release Date: 1979-07-30Bribery 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.
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Episode 4 - The Presentation Clock
Release Date: 1979-08-13Spooner'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.
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Episode 5 - Par For The Course
Release Date: 1979-08-20Nothing 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.
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Episode 6 - The Mayor's Brother
Release Date: 1980-03-19The 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...