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The Spongers

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Calorie Rating: 146
Released: 1978-01-24
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Studios: BBC,


In the days leading up the Queen's Silver Jubilee, Pauline, a recently separated single mother, receives a visit from a bailiff and is given 15 days to address her overdue rent payments. Meanwhile, the local council is under pressure to cut expenditure, and their decisions result in Pauline's mentally handicapped daughter Paula being transferred from a care home for special needs children to an old people's home, where she is all alone.

Director / Directors



Cast

Christine Hargreaves
Character: Pauline
Bernard Hill
Character: Sullivan
Peter Kerrigan
Character: Peter

Paula McDonagh
Character: Paula
Gary Todd
Character: Gary
Grace Allen
Character: Grace

Dawn Booth
Character: Baby Dawn
Angela Catherall
Character: Jackie
Gertie Almond
Character: Gertie

Elaine Lindsay
Character: Mrs Johnson
Bernard Atha
Character: Councillor Conway
Fred Pearson
Character: Director of Social Services

Ina Clough
Character: Deputy Director of Social Services
Donald Gee
Character: Dr Whitehead
Roger Sloman
Character: Presenting Officer at Tribunal

Frances Cox
Character: Supervisor at Home
Josephine Antosz
Character: Warden at Hostel
Lesley Nightingale
Character: Asst Supervisor at Home

Marion Shakespeare
Character: Chair of Tribunal
Ann Haydn-Edwards
Character: Clerk
Ann Aris
Character: Tribunal Committee

Len Annett
Character: Tribunal Committee
Joanna Clay
Character: Jubilee Committee Chair
Eileen Beldon
Character: Jubilee Committee

Ken Rose
Character: Jubilee Committee
Gwen Harris
Character: Jubilee Committee
Joe Kenyon
Character: Group Policy Meeting Leader

Barry Hart
Character: Roads Committee Chair
Johnny Allan
Character: Planning Committee Chair
Jack Platts
Character: Housing Committee Chair

Anthony Dutton
Character: Education Committee Chair
Peter Ellis
Character: Left Wing Councillor
David Hatton
Character: DHSS Clerk

Yvonne Nicholson
Character: DHSS Clerk
Joan Peters
Character: Social Services Committee
Fred Gaunt
Character: Social Services Committee

Peter Lawrence
Character: Pauline's GP
Phil Kernot
Character: Bailiff
Gwyll Williams
Character: Bailiff

Johnny Hackett
Character: Foreman
Ted Carroll
Character: Workman
Emrys Evans
Character: Comedian/Club MC

Bill Moores
Character: Local in Pub
Mick Miller
Character: Policeman
Stuart Lee
Character: 2nd Policeman


Production and Crew

Nat Crosby
Director of Photography

Judy Steele
Production Design
Robin Stubbs
Costume Design