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