The Spongers

19781h 44m

Production

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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

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Bernard Hill

Sullivan

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Bernard Atha

Councillor Conway

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Fred Pearson

Director of Social Services

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Donald Gee

Dr Whitehead

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Roger Sloman

Presenting Officer at Tribunal

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Lesley Nightingale

Asst Supervisor at Home

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David Hatton

DHSS Clerk

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Bill Moores

Local in Pub

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Mick Miller

Policeman

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