The Cleaner (British TV series)
The Cleaner is a British television sitcom created by and starring Greg Davies, which premiered on BBC One on 10 September 2021. The series is based on the German comedy Der Tatortreiniger. A second series, with a Christmas special, began airing on 23 December 2022. A third series was announced in January 2024 and began airing on 4 October 2024.
Plot
Paul "Wicky" Wickstead, a government-certified cleaning technician, is responsible for the removal of any signs of death, injury or other biohazard debris from crime scenes. In the course of his work, he gets to know a variety of people.Cast and characters
Main
- Greg Davies as Paul "Wicky" Wickstead, a crime scene cleaner who visits various people each episode
- Zita Sattar as PS Ruth Edwards, a police officer, who is a close friend of Wicky
Guest
- Helena Bonham Carter as Sheila. Sheila met her husband in business school; however, after she married him, she found herself bored. Sheila and her husband were married for at least 35 years. One day, after having reached the limit with her husband, she killed him. After meeting Wicky, they planned to go on holiday and then Sheila would turn herself in, but Wicky called the police at the last minute and Sheila was arrested
- Shobu Kapoor as Neeta, Sheila's neighbour. She loves to bake and is extremely judgemental of any woman she meets who dislikes or doesn't do baking
- Georgie Glen as Mrs Gathernoid, a fan of Terence's work who claims to invite him to an award ceremony, but he sees through her
- David Mitchell as Terence Redford, a struggling writer who is hostile to Wicky
- Ruth Madeley as Helena, a young woman in a wheelchair who is vegan and has recently broken up with her partner
- Stephanie Cole as Vivienne Hosier, an aristocrat who is very proud of her estate, especially her sofa, which she deems precious to her family history and notes many famous people who sat there
- Donald Sumpter as Sir James, a close friend of Vivienne's who is quite traditional
- Esmonde Cole as Tony
- Layton Williams as 'Hosea', a young social media influencer who has an affinity with 1980s' culture, despite not having seen Back to the Future
- Bill Skinner as Mickey Boy
- Jo Hartley as Maggie
- Sian Gibson as Wicky's sister
- James Bolam as Wicky's father
- Robbie Curran as Robert Kendrick
- Harriet Walter as Lisa
- Charlie Rawes as Cuddle
- Simon Callow as Mr. Abahassine
- John MacMillan as Strazzamo
- Jemma Carlton as Selina
- Asim Chaudhry as Kai
- Amy Morgan as Manager
- Alex Lawther as Shaman
- Shakin' Stevens as Shaking Stephen
- Zoë Wanamaker as Lucille, a descendant of a town founder
- Susannah Fielding as Fran
- Louis Emerick as Vince
- Roisin Conaty as Her
- Rudi Dharmalingam as Him
- Mark Lewis Jones as Richard
- Joshua McCord as Timber
- Rosie Cavaliero as Marnie
- Ben Willbond as Justin
- Steve Pemberton as Donald
- Vicki Pepperdine as Caroline
- Gemma Whelan as Lara
- Philippa Dunne as Margaret
- Derek Griffiths as Bill
- Sheila Reid as Maud
- Roger Sloman as Frank
- Paula Wilcox as Sue
- Conleth Hill as Brennan
- Sharon Rooney as Sue / Mrs. Barton / Tippy / Cook / Jibbers / John Church / Lady Rice Phillips
- Harry Peacock as Bob Mammot
- Rebekah Staton as Vivien Mammot
- Sophia Dall'Aglio as Anne-Marie
- Viraj Juneja as Ravi
- Chaneil Kular as Manish