{"id":54423,"date":"2024-07-05T13:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T11:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2067744"},"modified":"2024-07-05T18:58:42","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:58:42","slug":"greg-daviess-the-cleaner-adds-ghosts-and-inside-no-9-stars-to-season-3-cast","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/greg-daviess-the-cleaner-adds-ghosts-and-inside-no-9-stars-to-season-3-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Davies\u2019s The Cleaner adds Ghosts and Inside No. 9 stars to season 3 cast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Steve Pemberton and Ben Willbond are among those set to encounter crime scene cleaner Wicky in the new episodes. <\/p>

By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 05 July 2024 at 11:33 AM<\/p>

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Greg Davies\u2019s series The Cleaner<\/a> has had some impressive guest stars in its first two runs \u2013 including Helena Bonham Carter and Harriet Walter \u2013 and it looks like the upcoming third season is going to be just as star-studded.<\/p>\n

Inside No 9<\/a>\u2018s Steve Pemberton and Ghosts<\/a> star Ben Willbond have been announced as part of the cast for the new run, alongside Game of Thrones actor Conleth Hill, My Big Fat Diary\u2019s Sharon Rooney and Killing Eve\u2019s Gemma Whelan, among many others.<\/p>\n

The cast also includes Chaneil Kular (Sex Education), Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On), Derek Griffiths (Unforgotten), Rosie Cavaliero (The Power of Parker), Harry Peacock (Toast of London), Paula Wilcox (Coronation Street<\/a>), Philippa Dunne (Motherland), Rebekah Staton (Doctor Who<\/a>), Sheila Reid (Benidorm), Sophia Dall\u2019Aglio (So Awkward) and Viraj Juneja (Horrible Histories), while Zita Sattar will return in her role as PS Ruth Edwards.<\/p>\n

As ever, the series will see Davies \u2013 who also writes the show \u2013 take on the role of Paul \u2018Wicky\u2019 Wickstead, a crime scene cleaner who encounters a number of colourful and eccentric characters as he goes about his grisly day job.<\/p>\n

The synopsis reads: \u201cWhen carrying out his duties, he stumbles across the strangest of people, from the victims\u2019 relatives, employers, neighbours and acquaintances to occasionally even the murderers themselves. And because he\u2019s a sociable type, he sometimes gossips more than he cleans\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Greg Davies and Zita Sattar in The Cleaner.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Studio Hamburg\/Jonathan Browning<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Speaking about returning for a new season of The Cleaner, the Taskmaster<\/a> host said he was \u201cdelighted to be back wading around in blood\u201d.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe have made sure that Wicky has some bizarre characters to deal with this series. Looking forward to sweating in a scene of crime suit and wearing the earring that my nieces find so cringe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the BBC\u2019s director of comedy Jon Petrie said: \u201cWe couldn\u2019t be happier to introduce our fantastic cast for the upcoming season of The Cleaner. Greg and SHUK have done a terrific job finding some top comedy talent for Wicky to bounce off, figuratively speaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The season will once again consist of six half-hour episodes, with further details of its broadcast set to be released in due course.<\/p>\n

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The Cleaner seasons 1 and 2 are currently streaming on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out more of our Comedy<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n

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