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The Spongers
The Spongers

The Spongers (1978)

N/A
1h 44min
Drama
TV Movie

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.

Roland JofféDirector

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Christine Hargreaves

Christine Hargreaves

Pauline

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Sullivan

Peter Kerrigan

Peter Kerrigan

Peter

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Paula McDonagh

Paula

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Gary Todd

Gary

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Grace Allen

Grace

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Dawn Booth

Baby Dawn

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Angela Catherall

Jackie

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Gertie Almond

Gertie

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Elaine Lindsay

Mrs Johnson

Bernard Atha

Bernard Atha

Councillor Conway

Fred Pearson

Fred Pearson

Director of Social Services

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Ina Clough

Deputy Director of Social Services

Donald Gee

Donald Gee

Dr Whitehead

Roger Sloman

Roger Sloman

Presenting Officer at Tribunal

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Frances Cox

Supervisor at Home

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Josephine Antosz

Warden at Hostel

Lesley Nightingale

Lesley Nightingale

Asst Supervisor at Home

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Marion Shakespeare

Chair of Tribunal

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Ann Haydn-Edwards

Clerk

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Ann Aris

Tribunal Committee

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Len Annett

Tribunal Committee

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Joanna Clay

Jubilee Committee Chair

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Eileen Beldon

Jubilee Committee

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Ken Rose

Jubilee Committee

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Gwen Harris

Jubilee Committee

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Joe Kenyon

Group Policy Meeting Leader

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Barry Hart

Roads Committee Chair

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Johnny Allan

Planning Committee Chair

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Jack Platts

Housing Committee Chair

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Anthony Dutton

Education Committee Chair

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Peter Ellis

Left Wing Councillor

David Hatton

David Hatton

DHSS Clerk

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Yvonne Nicholson

DHSS Clerk

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Joan Peters

Social Services Committee

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Fred Gaunt

Social Services Committee

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Peter Lawrence

Pauline's GP

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Phil Kernot

Bailiff

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Gwyll Williams

Bailiff

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Johnny Hackett

Foreman

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Ted Carroll

Workman

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Emrys Evans

Comedian/Club MC

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Bill Moores

Local in Pub

Mick Miller

Mick Miller

Policeman

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Stuart Lee

2nd Policeman

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