The Cleaner Series 3 - Greg Davies with a clapperboard

The Cleaner Series 3 – First look images and guest cast

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Wicky returns with a new set of crime scenes and a dusting of famous faces.

Written by and starring Greg Davies, The Cleaner follows Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, a state-certified cleaning technician with a very special field of work – he’s a crime-scene cleaner responsible for the removal of any signs of death.

Armed with chemicals, scrubbing brushes and cleaning rags, Wicky removes the gruesome mess at the scene of the crime. While performing his duties, he stumbles across the strangest of people, from the victims’ 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…

The Cleaner Series 3: Greg Davies stands in front of a lighthouse.
Greg Davies (Image: Christopher Barr)

The series is based on the long-running German comedy series Der Tatortreiniger (Crime Scene Cleaner) created by Ingrid Lausund.

Joining Davies for series 3 are Steve Pemberton (Inside No 9), Sharon Rooney (Barbie) and Ben Willbond (Ghosts).

The Cleaner Series 3: Conleth Hill and Greg Davies stand at the entrance of a lighthouse. Conleth holds on to the jacket of Greg and looks at something in the distance.
Conleth Hill and Greg Davies (Image: Christopher Barr)

The series also features Chaneil Kular (Sex Education), Derek Griffiths (Unforgotten), Gemma Whelan (Killing Eve), Harry Peacock (Toast of London), Paula Wilcox (Coronation Street), Philippa Dunne (Motherland), Rebekah Staton (Doctor Who), Rosie Cavaliero (The Power of Parker), Sheila Reid (Benidorm), Sophia Dall’Aglio (So Awkward), Vicki Pepperdine (Getting On) and Viraj Juneja (Horrible Histories).

Additionally, Zita Sattar returning in her role as PS Ruth Edwards.

Greg Davies says:

“I am so delighted to be back wading around in blood. We have made sure that Wicky has some bizarre characters to deal with this series. Looking forward to sweating in a scene of crime suit and wearing the earring that my nieces find so cringe.”

The Cleaner series 3 is produced by SHUK (Studio Hamburg UK) for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The six-part series is directed by Tom Marshall and produced by Sam Ward. The executive producer is Vivien Muller-Rommel.

We’ll keep you posted on The Cleaner. Series 1 and 2 are available on BBC iPlayer, and on BritBox International in Australia, North America and The Nordics.