167 - The Cleaner

Comedy Slab

This week we review The Cleaner (Series 1 Episode 2)
Paul 'Wicky' Wickstead, is a state-certified cleaning technician with a very special field of work: as a crime scene cleaner he is responsible for the removal of any signs of death.
Wicky works for Shropshire-based cleaning contractors Lausen and is usually found, together with his baby-blue pickup truck, at crime scenes after the police have concluded their detective work.
Armed with chemicals, scrubbing brushes and cleaning rags, Wicky removes the gruesome mess at the scene of the crime. When carrying out his duties, he stumbles across the strangest of people: from the victim's relatives, employers, neighbours and acquaintances, to occasionally even the murderers themselves. And because he's a sociable type, he sometimes gossips more than he cleans.
Written by Greg Davies.
Directed by Tom Marshall
Produced by Sam Ward.
A Studio Hamburg UK Production for BBC.
The Cleaner is available here: https://bbc.in/3zT1ssU
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