The Job Lot

2013 • BBC Worldwide

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Season 3 episodes (6)

1 Episode 1

9/28/15

Angela hides her heavily pregnant cat in her desk drawer – she’s brought her to work in case she goes into labour. Meanwhile, Trish is dealing with fertility problems of her own – she thinks the menopause has come early. Natalie points out there could be another cause, and buys her a pregnancy test. But Trish is too scared to do it; she’s not cut out to be a mother.

2 Episode 2

10/5/15

Natalie stumbles upon Trish trying to find sperm donors online - Trish confesses she is trying to get pregnant but is worried about it being from a total stranger. She then realises she knows Karl better than anyone and takes him to the pub for lunch, where she gently asks him for a favour...

3 Episode 3

10/12/15

Karl tries to prove to Natalie he can be more dynamic, but his tough-guy experiment backfires when a desperate jobseeker takes Trish hostage, and a crippling bout of vertigo stops him in his tracks.

4 Episode 4

9/29/15

Relations between management and the workforce break down over health and safety, and plans for the Christmas party. Goaded by Angela, Karl becomes ringleader and calls a strike. Things get worse when he gets drunk and starts blabbing to an attractive female journalist about what he and Natalie have got up to in the job centre.

5 Episode 5

9/29/15

Greg Holder, from a rival job centre, convinces Trish to try out a new way with the job centre, based on relaxation and filling the centre with bean bags. Trish is smitten with Greg and does everything he says, but is he all he seems? When things start to go awry Trish and the team are compelled to stage a break-in to the centre, during which Karl is injured.

6 Episode 6

8/15/16

It's Brownall's 25th birthday and former boss of the centre Maggie Higgins is invited to lead the celebrations. Unfortunately she comes armed with some devastating information about Angela - and Angela will stop at absolutely nothing to shut her up. Meanwhile Raul, Trish's holiday romance, makes the trip over from Spain with marriage on his mind....

About this show

Work is at the centre of this warm and funny modern sitcom from the award-winning producers of Rev. and Friday Night Dinner, and featuring an impressive ensemble cast of renowned comedy actors. It's work - or the lack of it - that brings the characters together, and their relationships - or lack of them - around which The Job Lot revolves. Set in a job centre where the staff attempt, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, to help people find work, it's full of the often laugh-out-loud moments that anyone who's ever worked in an office will recognise. Neurotic manager Trish runs the Brownall Job Centre aided by a mixed-bag of staff, including reluctant and truculent Karl, the less-than-helpful Angela and two uniquely skilled security guards, all facing the challenges of dealing with customers who don't always appreciate their efforts.

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