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The Spongers

0 %|Jan 24, 1978|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.

Featured Crew

Jim Allen
Writer
Roland Joffé
Director
Tony Garnett
Producer
Nat Crosby
Director of Photography
Bill Shapter
Editor
Judy Steele
Production Design
Robin Stubbs
Costume Design

Cast

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Bernard Hill
Sullivan
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Dawn Booth
Baby Dawn
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Elaine Lindsay
Mrs Johnson
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Bernard Atha
Councillor Conway
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Fred Pearson
Director of Social Services
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Ina Clough
Deputy 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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Frances Cox
Supervisor at Home
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Josephine Antosz
Warden at Hostel
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Lesley Nightingale
Asst Supervisor at Home
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Marion Shakespeare
Chair of Tribunal
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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
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David Hatton
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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Emrys Evans
Comedian/Club MC
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Bill Moores
Local in Pub
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Mick Miller
Policeman
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Stuart Lee
2nd Policeman