Cleaning Up

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Julie Hesmondhalgh

Paul Barber

John Thomson

Lauren Socha

Bhavna Limbachia

Jack Dean

Ian Kershaw

Alison Vernon-Smith

Cleaning Up: Episode 1: 1. New Recruit

Episode 1

Episode 1: 1. New Recruit

1. New Recruit

BBC Radio 4 - Cleaning Up, 1. New Recruit

Sitcom about a group of night-time cleaners in Manchester. Starring Julie Hesmondhalgh

A new night-time cleaner arrives to meet the boss in Manchester. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh and John Thomson. From 2015.

A new cleaner reports for duty. Turns out he and his boss have met before.

Every night, as time is called and people are spat out onto the streets and squeezed into rides home to dream-tossed beds - others are hard at work. Teams of cleaners are in office spaces scrubbing, vacuuming and cleaning up. 

And right at the bottom of the food chain we find our gang - Spit n' Polish tackling the floors of a plush tower block in Manchester city centre.

Written by Ian Kershaw - with a top hole Northern cast.

This is a funny, sometimes dark comedy about people who always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.
 
Julie ...... Julie Hesmondhalgh
Nobby ...... Paul Barber
Dave ...... John Thompson
Shiv ...... Lauren Socha
Nita ...... Bhavna Limbachia
Our Bri ...... Jack Deam
  
Produced at BBC Salford by Alison Vernon-Smith

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2015.

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