
The Cleaner
Taste attributes: comedycrimefastunsavourylightlinearfighting evil
Boxlist takeA light comedy series, balanced on most other counts. Best if you like escapism over depth.
Taste details
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: light · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
7.0 /10
TMDB · 30 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
Seasons
Season 1
· 2021 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1The Widow10 Sep 2021
Professional crime-scene cleaner Wicky has to mop up after a particularly grisly murder, but keeps being interrupted by people unexpectedly dropping in on the crime scene.
2The Writer17 Sep 2021
Novelist Terence has two problems: his gran recently passed away, and he has writer’s block. Wicky thinks these issues might be related.
3The Neighbour24 Sep 2021
When he brings the wrong keys to a crime scene, Wicky meets the neighbour - and might have met his match.
4The Aristocrat1 Oct 2021
Wicky arrives at a stately home to clean up a burglary gone wrong. But things aren’t what they seem, and Wicky’s morals are tested.
5The Influencer8 Oct 2021
Wicky visits a social media influencer with millions of followers and an unhealthy obsession with the 1980s.
6The One15 Oct 2021
Crime scene cleaner Wicky heads to the country to clean up a nasty mess in a holiday home, and bumps into his first ‘proper’ girlfriend.
Season 2
· 2023 · 6 episodesEpisodes (6)
1The Transaction24 Mar 2023
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.
2The Clown31 Mar 2023
Wicky is hired by a theatre where a male strip show has got out of hand. A self-important clown, a whimsical theatre manager and a broken fire alarm turn his day into a nightmare.
3The Night Shift7 Apr 2023
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.
4The Shaman14 Apr 2023
Wicky is on his way to clean up after a tragic death at a stately home, but there’s a shaman on the scene as well, and he has his own mystical agenda.
5The Statue21 Apr 2023
Wicky is called to a quiet town where a row has broken out over a statue. Tempers in the town are running high, and it looks like things might turn nasty.
6The Dead End28 Apr 2023
A gamekeeper has been murdered in rural Wales, and it falls to Wicky to clean up the mess. He knows that whatever happens on the job, it’s important not to lose your head.
Specials
· 2022 · 1 episodeEpisodes (1)
1A Clean Christmas23 Dec 2022
It’s Christmas Day, and crime scene cleaner Wicky is looking forward to Weasel’s Christmas raffle at the pub. First prize: an actual horse. All that stands in his way is a blood-soaked crime scene in an ice cream parlour and a regular customer who isn’t going to let a little thing like a murder stop him from getting…
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Emotional punch: Balanced emotional punch, where this profile leans emotive / stirring
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Synopsis
After CSI have done their stuff, the cleaner mops up the grisly remains. For Wicky, a bloodbath and the pub is all in a day's work.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Comedy
- Year
- 2021
- Episode length
- 29 min
- Status
- Returning
- Studio
- Studio Hamburg
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











