Time to shine

Greg Davies scrubs up well as a crime-scene cleaner in his new comedy

- RICHARD MCCLURE, VICTORIA WILSON

NEW COMEDY

The Cleaner Friday, BBC1 HD, 9.30 pm

He’s well known for C4’s Taskmaster, but now, Greg Davies is the one getting his hands dirty in the new BBC1 comedy The Cleaner.

In the six-part series, Davies plays Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead, an ordinary guy who has the unusual job of cleaning up crime scenes. Armed with chemicals, scrubbing brushes, and dressed in full hazmat gear, Wicky enters the homes of strangers to remove signs of death – and often ends up providing a solution for more than just bloodstains…

In an exclusive interview with TV&Satellite Week, Davies, 53, tells us more about the show…

How would you describe your character in The Cleaner?