The series is helmed by the Taskmaster himself, Greg Davies<\/a>, as Paul \u2018Wicky\u2019 Winstead, a crime scene cleaner who tends to bump into relatives, employers, friends and neighbours of murder victims while on the job. The character is based on Heiko \u2018Schotty\u2019 Schotte (Bjarne M\u00e4del) from German comedy Der Tatortreiniger.<\/p>\n According to British Comedy Guide<\/a>, the series is due to return to our screens soon after reported plans to return to filming this year.<\/p>\n For this Christmas special, entitled A Clean Christmas, Wicky is looking forward to a raffle, but also has to contend with a crime scene in an ice cream parlour. It\u2019s set to be a hilarious and welcome return for the comedy, but what can viewers expect of it? Read on to find out everything you need to know about The Cleaner Christmas special 2022.<\/p> The Christmas special will air on BBC One on Friday 23rd December<\/strong> at 9pm. As for the second season of the hit comedy, we\u2019re not yet sure when that will air, but hopefully the festive episode will be the catalyst for some future release information.<\/p>\n As well as Davies returning as Wicky, we can expect to see Robbie Curran as Robert Kendrick, James Bolan as Wicky\u2019s dad, Sian Gibson as Wicky\u2019s sister and Jessica Lowen.<\/p>\n Of course, it\u2019s Christmas Day in the special episode and Wicky is looking forward to winning Weasel\u2019s Christmas raffle: first prize, an actual horse.<\/p>\n All that stands in his way is a blood-soaked crime scene in an ice cream parlour, and a regular customer who isn\u2019t going to let a little thing like a murder stop him from getting the perfect peach melba ice cream.<\/p>\n Will the day end in disaster or delight? We\u2019ll just have to watch and find out.<\/p>\n While the BBC has not yet revealed when we can expect the second season of The Cleaner to land on our screens, something tells us it\u2019ll be very soon. What we do know, though, is that season 2 could be jam-packed full of \u201climitless<\/a>\u201d plot lines and directions, according to Davies in a RadioTimes.com<\/a> exclusive interview.<\/p>\n Speaking about the possibility of a second season back in September 2021, he said:\u00a0\u201cI think the scope for this show, of taking on difficult subjects, is one of the things that really excites me about it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd by putting in a straightforward, compassionate person as the connecting individual, I think it\u2019s limitless where we could go with it and the things we could discuss, things that we could put his innocent eyes on.<\/p>\n \u201cI mean, you know, I don\u2019t want to tempt fate, but I would love to continue with it,\u201d he added. \u201cAnd Mizzi [Meyer, writer of the original German version] made it very clear that she\u2019d be happy for us to, you know, much like other shows have done, to go off on our own trajectory.\u201d<\/p>\n The Cleaner Christmas special 2022 airs on Friday 23rd December on BBC One at 9pm. The Cleaner is available to stream on\u00a0BBC iPlayer<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, take a look at the rest of our\u00a0Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and Streaming<\/span> Guide<\/span><\/b><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Christmas double issue of Radio Times magazine is on sale now<\/b><\/span> \u2013\u00a0<\/b>subscribe now<\/b><\/span><\/a>. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to the\u00a0<\/b>Radio Times View From My Sofa podcast<\/b><\/span><\/a>.<\/b><\/span><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Morgan Cormack Published: Tuesday, 20 December 2022 at 12:00 am While we\u2019ve been eagerly awaiting news of when The Cleaner will be back on our screens, fans of the comedy will be pleased to learn that it\u2019ll be returning for Christmas. 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