The Spongers

The Spongers (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.

8.6
  • Release Date: 1978-01-24
  • Runtime: 1h 44min
  • Director: Roland Joffé

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Cast

  • Christine Hargreaves

    Pauline

  • Bernard Hill

    Sullivan

  • Peter Kerrigan

    Peter

  • Paula McDonagh

    Paula

  • Gary Todd

    Gary

  • Grace Allen

    Grace

  • Dawn Booth

    Baby Dawn

  • Angela Catherall

    Jackie

  • Gertie Almond

    Gertie

  • Elaine Lindsay

    Mrs Johnson

  • Bernard Atha

    Councillor Conway

  • Fred Pearson

    Director of Social Services

  • Ina Clough

    Deputy Director of Social Services

  • Donald Gee

    Dr Whitehead

  • Roger Sloman

    Presenting Officer at Tribunal

  • Frances Cox

    Supervisor at Home

  • Josephine Antosz

    Warden at Hostel

  • Lesley Nightingale

    Asst Supervisor at Home

  • Marion Shakespeare

    Chair of Tribunal

  • Ann Haydn-Edwards

    Clerk

  • Ann Aris

    Tribunal Committee

  • Len Annett

    Tribunal Committee

  • Joanna Clay

    Jubilee Committee Chair

  • Eileen Beldon

    Jubilee Committee

  • Ken Rose

    Jubilee Committee

  • Gwen Harris

    Jubilee Committee

  • Joe Kenyon

    Group Policy Meeting Leader

  • Barry Hart

    Roads Committee Chair

  • Johnny Allan

    Planning Committee Chair

  • Jack Platts

    Housing Committee Chair

  • Anthony Dutton

    Education Committee Chair

  • Peter Ellis

    Left Wing Councillor

  • David Hatton

    DHSS Clerk

  • Yvonne Nicholson

    DHSS Clerk

  • Joan Peters

    Social Services Committee

  • Fred Gaunt

    Social Services Committee

  • Peter Lawrence

    Pauline's GP

  • Phil Kernot

    Bailiff

  • Gwyll Williams

    Bailiff

  • Johnny Hackett

    Foreman

  • Ted Carroll

    Workman

  • Emrys Evans

    Comedian/Club MC

  • Bill Moores

    Local in Pub

  • Mick Miller

    Policeman

  • Stuart Lee

    2nd Policeman