Spooner's Patch (1979)
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John Lyons as PC Killick
Episodes 19
Pilot Episode
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.
Read MoreThe Unwanted Prisoner
Spooner 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.
Read MoreThe Morning After...
Spooner emerges from his flat above the station, still in his dressing gown and suffering a hangover with accompanying memory loss.
Read MoreThe Share-Out
Bribery 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.
Read MoreThe Presentation Clock
Spooner'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.
Read MorePar For The Course
Nothing 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.
Read MoreThe Mayor's Brother
The 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...
Read MorePsycho On The Roof
Mrs. Cantaford persecution of an unfortunate motorist drives him over the edge - almost literally - when he threatens to throw himself off a roof.
Read MoreSpooner's Box
Mrs. Cantaford drops Spooner's crew in the deep end when she carelessly confides their lunchtime drinking habits to the Chief Superintendent.
Read MoreSpooner's Thatch
Ordering up an Adonis Invisiwig to make himself look more suave soon gives Spooner cause for regret.
Read MoreThe Birthday Double
Spooner is appalled at the apparent effeminacy in his subordinates when he discovers that both Bulsover and Killick wear nail varnish.
Read MoreThe Big Match
Daily mundanities and a vanload of drunken Scotsmen conspire to keep Spooner from watching a key football match.
Read MoreThe Lock-Up
Taking a thrashing from Bulsover during a self-defence lesson that he foolishly instigated, Spooner starts fiddling with a pair of hand cuffs...
Read MoreFinders, Keepers...!
Bulsover finds a locked briefcase whilst cleaning out a squad car. They find out it's full of jewellery, but who does it belong to?
Read MoreSuffer The Little Children
Spooner meets his match when a young boy turns up at the police station on his mother's orders.
Read MoreVote, Mrs. Cantaford
Mrs. Cantaford tries to curtail Spooner's despotic activities by running for councillor on a "get rid of filth" ticket.
Read MorePolice Intelligence
Extreme bordedom drives everyone to distraction and forces Spooner to fear for Bulsover's sanity.
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