High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Spongers is a 1978 television play by Jim Allen. Set against the backdrop of Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the play depicts a single mother's struggles as welfare cuts affect the poor and disabled. It was broadcast on BBC1 on 24 January 1978 in the Play for Today strand. The derogatory term 'spongers' is used by British tabloid press to describe people who are dependent on welfare support, however the play presents the case of a family who really need the help of welfare support. The title sequence shows the title of the play, 'The Spongers', superimposed over a picture of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, denoting them as 'the real spongers' as Royal finances are paid by British taxpayers. For example, the Queen's official expenditure increased by ?200,000 from ?32.1m in 2010-11 to ?32.3m in 2011-12. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом,...