The Spongers Trailer (1978)

24 January 1978 Drama, TV Movie 104 mins

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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Cast

Christine Hargreaves as Pauline

Bernard Hill as Sullivan

Peter Kerrigan as Peter

Paula McDonagh as Paula

Gary Todd as Gary

Grace Allen as Grace

Dawn Booth as Baby Dawn

Angela Catherall as Jackie

Gertie Almond as Gertie

Elaine Lindsay as Mrs Johnson

Bernard Atha as Councillor Conway

Fred Pearson as Director of Social Services

Ina Clough as Deputy Director of Social Services

Donald Gee as Dr Whitehead

Roger Sloman as Presenting Officer at Tribunal

Frances Cox as Supervisor at Home

Crew

Judy Steele Production Design

Bill Shapter Editor

Robin Stubbs Costume Design

Nat Crosby Director of Photography

Jim Allen Writer

Roland Joffé Director

Tony Garnett Producer

International Titles

Play for Today: The Spongers Trailer

International Releases Dates

United Kingdom 24 January 1978

Production Companies

BBC

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