{"id":3734,"date":"2021-08-31T13:25:05","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T11:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1096512"},"modified":"2021-08-31T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T11:53:09","slug":"the-cleaner-release-date-guide-to-bbc-one-crime-scene-comedy-starring-greg-davies","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-cleaner-release-date-guide-to-bbc-one-crime-scene-comedy-starring-greg-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cleaner release date: Guide to BBC One crime scene comedy starring Greg Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Helena Bonham Carter and David Mitchell also co-star in the dark comedy series. <\/p>

By Flora Carr\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 31 August 2021 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The BBC has confirmed the release date of its new comedy series, starring Taskmaster\u2019s Greg Davies, Helena Bonham Carter and David Mitchell.<\/p>\n

Davies leads the cast as Wicky, a gossipy cleaner responsible for scrubbing up blood from gruesome crime scenes. \u201cTo Wicky, a bloodbath is just an obstacle between him and his next pint,\u201d explains Davies.<\/p>\n

Inspired by the German series \u201cDer Tatortreiniger\u201d (Crime Scene Cleaner), the six-part comedy follows Paul \u2018Wicky\u2019 Wickstead as he dons his hazmat suit and interacts with a revolving cast of characters, \u201cfrom the victims\u2019 relatives, employers, neighbours and acquaintances, to occasionally even the murderers themselves,\u201d the BBC teases.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach episode is generally a two-hand \u2018play\u2019. I mistakenly thought this would be easier than writing for multiple characters. It is not! It was nice to just focus on Wicky and the person he encounters each week though. It\u2019s a challenge to make them rounded and to give context to the dreadful events that have led them to be spending time with a crime-scene cleaner,\u201d said Davies.<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about The Cleaner.<\/p>\n

The Cleaner release date<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Cleaner will air weekly on BBC One from 9:30pm on Friday 10th September<\/strong>, and will also be available as a box set on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>

The Cleaner cast<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Davies leads the cast as Paul \u2018Wicky\u2019 Wickstead, a Shropshire-based state-certified cleaning technician who cleans crime scenes.<\/p>\n

The Crown\u2019s Helena Bonham Carter and Peep Show<\/a>\u2018s David Mitchell also co-star, alongside the likes of\u00a0Stephanie Cole (Still Open All Hours), Donald Sumpter (Game of Thrones), Shobu Kapoor (Four Weddings and a Funeral), Ruth Madeley (Years and Years) and Layton Williams (Bad Education).<\/p>\n

\u201cI thoroughly enjoyed playing Sheila, one of the eclectic (and sometimes murderous) mix of characters that \u2018Wicky\u2019 comes across during his gruesome but necessary work,\u201d said Bonham Carter.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Jo Hartley plays \u201cMaggie, the one that got away. Wicky\u2019s first love and long-term ex-girlfriend\u201d, who is referenced throughout the series and finally appears in episode six.<\/p>\n

Casualty\u2019s Zita Sattar, The Crown<\/a>\u2018s Georgie Glen, Ted Lasso\u2019s Bill Skinner and Still So Awkward\u2019s Esmonde Cole round out the supporting cast.<\/p>\n

Davies said of the cast announcements: \u201cI\u2019m thrilled that this remarkable collection of actors has agreed to appear next to me on screen. Scrubbing up blood in a hazmat suit in front of them will be a pleasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cleaner plot<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Paul \u2018Wicky\u2019 Wickstead is a confirmed gossip \u2013 which can cause a bit of a problem in his line of work, as he\u2019s responsible for cleaning up murder scenes after the police have finished their detective work.<\/p>\n

Alongside his chatterbox personality, he\u2019s known for the baby-blue truck he drives around Shropshire.<\/p>\n

Davies said in a statement: \u201cAs a young man I told a careers adviser that I wanted to mop blood up for a living or be a comedian. He told me with a giggle that neither were real jobs and I should consider learning a trade. Well he\u2019s not laughing now is he?! (Sadly, he\u2019s dead).<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thrilled to be adapting this wonderful show with Studio Hamburg UK for BBC One and can\u2019t wait to get cleaning,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Shane Allen, the BBC\u2019s Commissioning Controller for Comedy, also said: \u201cGreg has done a knockout job of repositioning this hit sitcom for the UK audience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWicky is a thoroughly decent everyman whose differing work situation each week brims with comic flourishes and opportunities to test his moral fibre,\u201d he added. \u201cAs with Ghosts and The Goes Wrong Show we\u2019re keen to back distinctive ideas that play with form and tone for a mainstream BBC One audience and take the sitcom in to unexpected new settings.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Cleaner trailer<\/strong><\/h2>\n

You can watch the trailer for The Cleaner here.<\/p>\n\n

If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, take a look at the rest of our Comedy<\/a> coverage or check out our TV Guide<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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