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Spooner's writing debut was an episode of ''[[Coronation Street]]'', after which he wrote scripts for various [[Gerry Anderson]] puppet series such as ''Fireball XL5'', ''Stingray'' and ''[[Thunderbirds]]''. | Spooner's writing debut was an episode of ''[[Coronation Street]]'', after which he wrote scripts for various [[Gerry Anderson]] puppet series such as ''Fireball XL5'', ''Stingray'' and ''[[Thunderbirds]]''. | ||
Soon after leaving as script editor on ''Doctor Who'', he and [[Terry Nation]] served as the principle writers of the ITC action adventure series ''The Baron''. Spooner spent the majority of the next five years at ITC, for which he co-created ''Man in a Suitcase''. Along with Monty Berman, he helped create various successful series for ITC, such as ''The Champions'', ''Department S'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' and ''Jason King''. He served as script consultant on all four, but only wrote for the latter. During this time he wrote an episode of ''[[The Avengers]]'', having previously written two scripts for it in 1961. | Soon after leaving as script editor on ''Doctor Who'', he and [[Terry Nation]] served as the principle writers of the ITC action adventure series ''The Baron''. Spooner spent the majority of the next five years at ITC, for which he co-created ''Man in a Suitcase''. Along with Monty Berman, he helped create various successful series for ITC, such as ''The Champions'', ''[[Department S (series)|Department S]]'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'' and ''Jason King''. He served as script consultant on all four, but only wrote for the latter. During this time he wrote an episode of ''[[The Avengers]]'', having previously written two scripts for it in 1961. | ||
In the 70s and 80s, Spooner wrote scripts for ''[[Doomwatch]]'', ''Paul Temple'' and ''[[Bergerac]]'' for the BBC, ''UFO'' and ''The Protectors'' for ITC, ''Thriller'' for ATV and ''The Professionals'' for LWT. Spooner died of a heart attack in 1986<ref>[http://theavengers.tv/forever/bio-spooner.htm The Avengers Forever]</ref>. | In the 70s and 80s, Spooner wrote scripts for ''[[Doomwatch]]'', ''Paul Temple'' and ''[[Bergerac]]'' for the BBC, ''UFO'' and ''The Protectors'' for ITC, ''Thriller'' for ATV and ''The Professionals'' for LWT. Spooner died of a heart attack in 1986<ref>[http://theavengers.tv/forever/bio-spooner.htm The Avengers Forever]</ref>. | ||
