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4. Surprise

Episode 4 of 4

Night-cleaner Julie treats Nita to a little surprise. Stars Julie Hesmondhalgh, Bhavna Limbachia and John Thomson. From 2015.

Julie treats Nita to a little surprise.

Every night, as time is called and people are spat out onto the streets and squeezed into rides home to dream -tossed beds - others are hard at work. Teams of cleaners are in office spaces scrubbing, vaccuming and cleaning up.

And right at the bottom of the food chain we find our gang - Spit n' Polish tackling the floors of a plush tower block in Manchester city centre.

Written by Ian Kershaw.

Julie ..... Julie Hesmondhalgh
Nobby ..... Paul Barber
Dave ..... John Thompson
Shiv ..... Lauren Socha
Nita ..... Bhavna Limbachia
Our Bri ..... Jack Deam
Alex... Justin Moorhouse

Produced in Salford by Alison Vernon-Smith

First broadcast on Radio 4 in March 2015.

30 minutes

Last on

Tue 18 Mar 202503:00
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