The characterful drama focuses on an ordinary working class woman Sam who is caught between two worlds - the everyday life of a devoted and loving Mum and the darker dangerous world of insider trading. Sassy office cleaner Sam is one of an invisible army of cleaners on a zero hours contract who mop sweep and vacuum in the early hours. Struggling with an on-line gambling addiction Sam realises she has access to lucrative Stock Market information which if used correctly could be the answer to all her prayers. Set in the contrasting worlds of shiny Canary Wharf and the realities of modern suburbia Cleaning Up explores how far Sam will go to survive claw back some self-respect and get her life back on track.