Guest stars announced for The Cleaner series 2
From Simon Callow… to Shakin’ Stevens
The BBC has confirmed the guest cast for series 2 of Greg Davies’s comedy The Cleaner.
They include Zoë Wanamaker, Asim Chaudhry (pictured above), Harriet Walter, (pictured below with Charlie Rawes), Simon Callow… and Shakin’ Stevens.
And in one episode, he will be reunited with his Taskmaster and Man Down co-star – and real-life friend – Roisin Conaty.
As well as starring as crime scene cleaner Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, Davies wrote the first series. But he is sharing the duties this time, collaborating with Paul Allen and comedians Barry Castagnola, Meg Salter and Mike Wozniak – another Man Down and Taskmaster alumnus – on the scripts.
He said: I’m so thrilled that Wicky is back for another round of clean ups and delighted that he is doing so on BBC One. The cast for this series are brilliant and that there are so many distinguished actors amongst them leads me to believe that the BBC have secrets that they are using as leverage. Me, the writing and production teams are very grateful for this support.’
Other guest stars over the six-part series will include John MacMillan (House of the Dragon), Alex Lawther (The End of the F..ing World), Susannah Fielding (This Time With Alan Partridge), Mark Lewis Jones (Outlander), Rudi Dharmalingam (The Split), Joshua McCord (The Tuckers), Louis Emerick (Zapped), Amy Morgan (Mr Selfridge), Jemma Carlton (Maxine), Rebecca Lee (Call the Midwife) and Cassius Thompson.
Ben Caudell, commissioning editor for the BBC says: ‘It’s fantastic to see such a compelling line-up of guest stars in this new second series of The Cleaner, each creating a unique comic character to lock horns and spar with Greg as Wicky. Every episode is a terrific TV treat.’
The series, based on a German original, is made by Studio Hamburg UK.
Its executive producer Vivien Muller-Rommel said: ‘We’re delighted that our beloved Wicky is back for a series 2, together with an ensemble of guest stars that we still can't quite believe said yes to watching Greg scrub blood off the floor. Hold onto your mops, everyone.’
The series will be directed by Tom Marshall and Dominic Brigstocke and the producer is Sam Ward.
Published: 3 Feb 2023
