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PLAY FOR TODAY: The SPONGERS
(1978)
- Copyright date
- Not available
- Production start date
- Not available
- Production end date
- Not available
Production countries
- Great Britain
- Notes
- Repeat tx in 1993 in THE WEDNESDAY PLAY slot.
Library Synopsis
Play about a family, consisting of a mother and four children, one of whom has Downs Syndrome, struggling to exist on State Aid, and set against the background of celebrations for the Silver Jubilee. Deserted by her husband, Pauline struggles to look after her four children on State benefits; however, she is in arrears with the rent, having spent...
Top five credits
- Director
- JOFFÉ, Roland
- Production Company
- BBC TV
- Producer
- GARNETT, Tony
- Production Team
- MOORE, Maureen
- Production Team
- CLARK, Alistair
Top five cast
- Pauline
- HARGREAVES, Christine
- Sullivan
- HILL, Bernard
- Peter
- KERRIGAN, Peter
- Paula
- MCDONAGH, Paula
- Gertie
- ALMOND, Gertie