The Spongers [SEP] narrative location
follow up to "The Spongers", titled The Commune, which was to be set in the same location - Middleton, Greater Manchester, on the impoverished Langley Estate. The drama was to provide a more hopeful outlook for the community than Pauline's story, and would feature residents taking control of running the estate from the local authorities. However, due to Kenith Trodd's production company, Pennies from Heaven Productions and London Weekend Television's spiralling budgets of a trilogy of Dennis Potter plays, this project was shelved.'
written before the 1979 Conservative election victory - it represented the kind of drama that BBC managers would find difficult to defend in the face of constrained budgets and political pressure.'
Awards.
- The Spongers, Broadcasting Press Guild, 1978
- The Spongers, Prix Italia, 1978
- The Spongers, Prague Festival, Best TV Drama, 1978
External links.
- The Spongers at BFI Screenonline