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The Cleaner
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What it is
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
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6 this season · 18 totals02e01 The Transaction 2023-03-24 06:00
The Transaction
Wicky faces the ultimate test of self-control: a job in a pub, after he's promised his new girlfriend he'll stay off the booze. But resisting a pint is the least of his challenges once he meets hard-bitten landlady Lisa and muscle-bound barman Cuddle. Wicky is there to clean up the devastation left by a lethal brawl, but as a web of romantic and criminal intrigue slowly unravels around him, Wicky realises there's more to this job than just cleaning up blood (and the occasional severed human ear).
s02e02 The Clown 2023-03-24 06:00
The Clown
Wicky is called to a theatre where a male strip show has got out of hand, resulting in a 40-woman brawl. He is there to clean up the mess, but a blood-splattered auditorium is the least of his problems once a self-important clown, a whimsical theatre manager, a feckless assistant and a broken fire alarm all combine to create a nightmare day at work.
s02e03 The Night Shift 2023-03-24 06:00
The Night Shift
Wicky is called to a shooting in a technology shop, where he finds himself sharing the night shift with Kai, a shelf-stacking conspiracy theorist who is preparing for the end of the world – which he insists is just around the corner. Is he paranoid or just being sensible? Wicky isn't sure, but either way, he has to decide where his own priorities lie.
s02e04 The Shaman 2023-03-24 06:00
The Shaman
There has been a tragic death in a stately home, and Wicky is on his way to clean up. But he's not the only person at the mansion with a job to do: there's a shaman on the scene as well, and he has his own mystical agenda. Wicky's not sure that there's room enough for both of them, and when you factor in an owl and possibly a ghost, things are looking positively crowded.
s02e05 The Statue 2023-03-24 06:00
The Statue
Wicky is called to a quiet town where someone has chucked a bucket of blood over a new statue in protest - goose blood, judging by the feathers and the beak. Wicky sets to work cleaning it, but the row about the statue is far from over. Tempers in the town are running high, and Wicky finds himself embroiled in a debate that looks like it might turn nasty.
s02e06 The Dead End 2023-03-24 06:00
The Dead End
A gamekeeper has been murdered in rural Wales, and it falls to Wicky to clean up the mess – whilst trying not to get in the way of the undertakers. But Wicky and the undertakers aren't the only people at the scene of the crime, and things take a turn for the sinister. Wicky knows that whatever happens on the job, it's important not to lose your head.