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Good news for fans of murder and mop buckets: The Cleaner is back on ABC iview, with BAFTA-winning giant Greg Davies reprising his role as Wicky, the world’s most sarcastic sanitation specialist. Think CSI, but with fewer autopsies and more existential dread. And jokes. Lots of them. In Season 2, Wicky returns to scrub down fresh crime scenes while delivering deadpan monologues, dealing with weird suspects, and wielding bleach like a stand-up comic armed with disinfectant.

Davies, standing somewhere between lovable misanthrope and six-foot-eight chaos magnet, turns crime scene cleanup into a philosophical rollercoaster. Each episode feels like a one-act play dipped in gore, dark humour, and accidental therapy. Expect cameos, chaos, and conversations that would make your HR manager sweat.

The BBC original found a cult audience in the UK, but ABC’s decision to stream it locally has brought Wicky’s filthy charm Down Under, where we’re no strangers to laughing at grim realities—especially on taxpayer-funded television. The show’s timing is no coincidence either. With the country in the middle of an election season, The Cleaner provides a welcome break from real-life messes that can’t be wiped away with Dettol.

And let's be honest—after sitting through three leaders’ debates that felt like live readings of passive-aggressive emails, watching a man clean up murder scenes is surprisingly cathartic. Sources: ABC iview (23 Apr 2025), Guardian Australia TV Guide (23 Apr 2025), The Age (23 Apr 2025)