Spooner's Patch

  • TV sitcom
  • ITV1
  • 1979 - 1982
  • 19 episodes (3 series)

Sitcom following day-to-day life in a Metropolitan Police station under the manic supervision of Inspector Spooner. Stars Ronald Fraser, Donald Churchill, Peter Cleall, John Lyons, Patricia Hayes and more.

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