About this season
Follows the daily antics of Woodley police station, where officers are more interested in taking bribes and doing little work than catching criminals. Inspector Spooner lives alone in a flat above the station and often had to deal with the messes created by his junior staff.
Episodes (6)
1. The Unwanted Prisoner
Aired 9 July 1979 • 30 min
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.
2. The Morning After...
Aired 16 July 1979 • 30 min
Spooner emerges from his flat above the station, still in his dressing gown and suffering a hangover with accompanying memory loss.
3. The Share-Out
Aired 30 July 1979 • 30 min
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.
4. The Presentation Clock
Aired 13 August 1979 • 30 min
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.
5. Par for the Course
Aired 20 August 1979 • 30 min
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.
6. The Share-Out
Aired 19 March 1980 • 30 min
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...