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.
Daily mundanities and a vanload of drunken Scotsmen conspire to keep Spooner from watching a key football match.
Taking a thrashing from Bulsover during a self-defence lesson that he foolishly instigated, Spooner starts fiddling with a pair of hand cuffs...
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?
Spooner is seduced by the bright lights of showbiz when a producer asks for his help in the making of a new film.
Spooner meets his match when a young boy turns up at the police station on his mother's orders.
Mrs Cantaford tries to curtail Spooner's despotic activities by running for councillor on a 'get rid of filth' ticket.
Extreme bordedom drives everyone to distraction and forces Spooner to fear for Bulsover's sanity.
