The Spongers
(1978)

Released: 1978-01-24

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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.

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Bernard Atha

as Councillor Conway

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Fred Pearson

as Director of Social Services

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Ina Clough

as Deputy Director of Social Services

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Donald Gee

as Dr Whitehead

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Roger Sloman

as Presenting Officer at Tribunal

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Frances Cox

as Supervisor at Home

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Josephine Antosz

as Warden at Hostel

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Lesley Nightingale

as Asst Supervisor at Home

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Nat Crosby

Director of Photography

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Judy Steele

Production Design

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Robin Stubbs

Costume Design

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