The Spongers
24/01/1978
2h
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.
Cast
Christine Hargreaves
Pauline
Bernard Hill
Sullivan
Peter Kerrigan
Peter
Paula McDonagh
Paula
Gary Todd
Gary
Grace Allen
Grace
Dawn Booth
Baby Dawn
Angela Catherall
Jackie
Gertie Almond
Gertie
Elaine Lindsay
Mrs Johnson
Bernard Atha
Councillor Conway
Fred Pearson
Director of Social Services
Ina Clough
Deputy Director of Social Services
Donald Gee
Dr Whitehead
Roger Sloman
Presenting Officer at Tribunal
Frances Cox
Supervisor at Home
Josephine Antosz
Warden at Hostel
Lesley Nightingale
Asst Supervisor at Home
Marion Shakespeare
Chair of Tribunal
Ann Haydn-Edwards
Clerk
Ann Aris
Tribunal Committee
Len Annett
Tribunal Committee
Joanna Clay
Jubilee Committee Chair
Eileen Beldon
Jubilee Committee
Ken Rose
Jubilee Committee
Gwen Harris
Jubilee Committee
Joe Kenyon
Group Policy Meeting Leader
Barry Hart
Roads Committee Chair
Johnny Allan
Planning Committee Chair
Jack Platts
Housing Committee Chair
Anthony Dutton
Education Committee Chair
Peter Ellis
Left Wing Councillor
David Hatton
DHSS Clerk
Yvonne Nicholson
DHSS Clerk
Joan Peters
Social Services Committee
Fred Gaunt
Social Services Committee
Peter Lawrence
Pauline's GP
Phil Kernot
Bailiff
Gwyll Williams
Bailiff
Johnny Hackett
Foreman
Ted Carroll
Workman
Emrys Evans
Comedian/Club MC
Bill Moores
Local in Pub
Mick Miller
Policeman
Stuart Lee
2nd Policeman
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