The Job Lot
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Directed by | Martin Dennis (2013) Luke Snellin (2014) Sasha Ransome (2015) |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) |
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| Producer(s) | Hannah Pescod |
| Location(s) | Birmingham |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (inc. adverts) |
| Production company(s) | Big Talk Productions |
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| Original network |
ITV (2013) ITV2 (2014–2015) |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | 29 April 2013 – 10 November 2015 |
The Job Lot was a British sitcom. The series was commissioned following a successful pilot produced by Hannah Pescod, written by Claire Downes, Stuart Lane and Ian Jarvis. It premiered on 29 April 2013 on ITV. It was later moved to ITV2 for its second series.
The show returned for a third series on ITV2 in October 2015.
It was confirmed by Russell Tovey in December 2016 that the show wouldn't return for a fourth series.
Set in a busy job centre in the fictitious town of Brownall, in the West Midlands, the series features neurotic boss Trish (Hadland), romantic dreamer Karl (Tovey), assistant manager Natalie (Aikman), miserable jobsworth Angela (Enright), and security guards Paul (Marquez) and Janette (Curran). From series three they were joined by hopeless psychologist Ash (Mohammed). The staff navigate their way through social issues, personal problems and difficult clients, including the work-shy Bryony (McShera).
Guest stars
· Sean Pertwee (Series 1)
· Keith Duffy (Series 2)
· Meera Syal (Series 2)
· Mark Benton (Series 2)
· Rosie Cavaliero (Series 2)
· John Thomson (Series 3)
· Will Mellor (Series 3)
· Sophie Stanton (Series 3)
· Maureen Lipman (Series 3)
Manager Trish invites an Army sergeant to the job centre to hold an armed forces recruitment day, and the soldier soon finds himself the object of intense scrutiny. Elsewhere, benefit fraud investigator George goes undercover to catch a man who's signing on while working as a decorator.
While celebrating her birthday, Trish receives a life-changing surprise, or so she thinks, and decides to promote Karl to the post of acting manager while she tries to get her head round what it means. However, he's soon out of his depth and the pressure mounts when a jobseeker stages a protest. Meanwhile, Danielle sits back and lets everyone else do the work, and Paul makes a bid to further his carpet-fitting business.
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