The Spongers

The Spongers

1978/01/24 • Released • English

Drama
TV Movie
0.0
1h 44m

Overview

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 : Roland Joffé

Casts
Christine Hargreaves

Christine Hargreaves

Pauline

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Sullivan

Peter Kerrigan

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

Bernard Atha

Councillor Conway

Fred Pearson

Fred Pearson

Director of Social Services

Ina Clough

Deputy Director of Social Services

Donald Gee

Donald Gee

Dr Whitehead

Roger Sloman

Roger Sloman

Presenting Officer at Tribunal

Frances Cox

Supervisor at Home

Josephine Antosz

Warden at Hostel

Lesley Nightingale

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

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

Mick Miller

Policeman

Stuart Lee

2nd Policeman

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