The Spongers

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Christine Hargreaves

Pauline

Age : N/A | Popularity : 17%

Bernard Hill

Sullivan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 96%

Peter Kerrigan

Peter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 37%

Paula McDonagh

Paula

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Gary Todd

Gary

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Grace Allen

Grace

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Dawn Booth

Baby Dawn

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Angela Catherall

Jackie

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Roland Joffé
Writing	Writer	Jim Allen
Production	Producer	Tony Garnett
Camera	Director of Photography	Nat Crosby
Editing	Editor	Bill Shapter
Art	Production Design	Judy Steele
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Robin Stubbs
Department	Role	Name

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