The Cleaner
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 2021 - 2024
- 19 episodes (3 series)
Greg Davies stars as a crime scene cleaner in this UK adaptation of a hit German show. Also features Zita Sattar.
- Continues on Friday on BBC1 at 9:30pm with Series 3, Episode 6
- Catch-up on Series 3, Episode 5
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 1 - The Transaction
Further details
Wicky faces the ultimate test of self-control: a job in a pub, after he's promised his new girlfriend he'll stay off the booze. But resisting a pint is the least of his challenges once he meets hard-bitten landlady Lisa and muscle-bound barman Cuddle. Wicky is there to clean up the devastation left by a lethal brawl, but as a web of romantic and criminal intrigue slowly unravels around him, Wicky realises there's more to this job than just cleaning up blood (and the occasional severed human ear).
Harriet Walter Q&A
Can you tell us a bit about your character and what attracted you to the role?
My character is a tough cookie, or thinks she is. She sees all relationships as transactions, as profit or loss. She is a great contrast to romantic soft-hearted Wicky. She owns the pub where the crime took place and is pretty cold-blooded about the murder. Why? And what is she hiding?
She has some great lines and is nothing like any other character I have played. That, and the lure of working with Greg and his team made it an easy one to accept.
What was it like working alongside Greg?
Hilarious. A laugh a minute, but straight and honest too. A totally great guy.
Do you have a favourite moment from filming your episode?
Greg doing anything really. Wicky singing to the jukebox when he thought no one was looking. Got me every time.
How do you think you would fare as a crime-scene cleaner?
I would be totally useless. I am very squeamish and I wouldn't sleep for weeks... the image wouldn't leave my brain. Blood and guts don't appeal.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 24th March 2023
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Catch-up
Cast & crew
Greg Davies | Paul 'Wicky' Wickstead |
Zita Sattar | Ruth |
Harriet Walter | Lisa |
Charlie Rawes | Cuddle |
Greg Davies | Writer |
Meg Salter | Writer |
Tom Marshall | Director |
Sam Ward | Producer |
Vivien Muller-Rommel | Executive Producer |
Ben Caudell | Executive Producer |
Lesley Cruickshank | Line Producer |
Gareth Heal | Editor |
Polly Aspinall | Production Designer |
Tracey Gillham | Casting Director |
Ross Marshall | Director of Photography |
Claire Wilson | Costume Designer |
Alyn Waterman | Make-up Designer |
Samuel Karl Bohn (as Samuel Bohn) | Composer |
Bethan King | Graphics |
Claire Grossmith | 1st Assistant Director |