Spooner's Patch

Spooner's Patch was a sitcom back about 30 years ago that took place in and around a small suburban police station. The program was written by comedy veterans Ray Galton and Johnny Speight. A pilot was filmed in 1978 with the late Ian Bannen in the starring "Spooner" role. He was joined by Norman Rossington, Peter Cleall, Dermot Kelly and John Lyons who remained when the show went into production. Sally Geeson (Bless This House) was also in the pilot but unfortunately was not included after that. Irene Handl was a guest star in the pilot. When the show went into production Ian Bannen was replaced by Ronald Fraser for the first 6 episodes and then Donald Churchill became the third "Spooner" and was joined by veteran actress Patricia Hayes whose work with Galton went as far back as Hancock's Half Hour.
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