The Spongers (1978)

Directed by Roland Joffé1h 44mDrama,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.

Year

1978

Country

GB

Language

English

Release date

24 January 1978

TMDB

10.0 (1)

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Christine Hargreaves

Christine Hargreaves

Bernard Hill

Peter Kerrigan

Angela Catherall

Bernard Atha

Councillor Conway

Fred Pearson

Director of Social Services

Deputy Director of Social Services

Donald Gee

Roger Sloman

Presenting Officer at Tribunal

Supervisor at Home

Josephine Antosz

Warden at Hostel

Lesley Nightingale

Lesley Nightingale

Asst Supervisor at Home

Marion Shakespeare

Chair of Tribunal

Ann Haydn-Edwards

Tribunal Committee

Tribunal Committee

Jubilee Committee Chair

Jubilee Committee

Jubilee Committee

Jubilee Committee

Group Policy Meeting Leader

Roads Committee Chair

Planning Committee Chair

Housing Committee Chair

Anthony Dutton

Education Committee Chair

Left Wing Councillor

David Hatton

Yvonne Nicholson

Social Services Committee

Social Services Committee

Comedian/Club MC

Bill Moores

Mick Miller

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