The Job Lot

Russell Tovey

Karl Lyndhurst

Angela Curran

Janette Hodgkins

Jo Enright

Angela Bromford

Martin Marquez

Paul Franks

Laura Aikman

Natalie Mason

Seasons

Series 1

6 episodes

Premiered Apr 29, 2013

Series 2

6 episodes

Premiered Sep 23, 2014

Series 3

6 episodes

Premiered Oct 6, 2015

Episodes

1–6 of 6

Ep 1

Under Pressure

Apr 29, 2013

24m

Brownall House Job Centre manager Trish struggles to keep things running smoothly. She has a world-of-work seminar to run, the temp is late, and difficult employee Angela returns, fresh from winning a tribunal. Karl is the only staff Trish can rely on, but now even he's reached the end of his tether.

Ep 2

Army

May 6, 2013

Trish attempts to boost Brownall Job Centre’s figures by calling in the army. Sergeant Steve Fox finds himself on the receiving end of a very different kind of interest though. George goes undercover to try and trap a man who’s signing on and working as a decorator, but things don’t quite go to plan.

Ep 3

Busy

May 13, 2013

Following the sudden closure of a local factory, the job centre is inundated with newly unemployed jobseekers. With everyone working flat out, Trish is forced to help but she struggles with the computer and reveals a shocking, somewhat disturbing, secret.

Ep 4

Report

May 20, 2013

The job centre is due to be inspected, and Trish is on the lookout for the mystery shopper - or secret jobseeker - who is going to file a report. Nobody else seems to care, apart from security guard Janette who harbours an irrational hatred of the Great Barr branch and is determined to beat them in the job centre league table. Karl is more interested in working with George - they are going to interrogate a pair of big-time benefit cheats together, but they both want to be the bad cop.

Ep 5

Decisions, Decisions

Jun 3, 2013

Trish is conducting staff appraisals and Danielle is feeling the pressure, while Angela is in an unusually good mood. When the reason for her cheerfulness comes to light, George suspects that she is not telling the whole truth and seeks revenge. Karl arrives for work with a spring in his step - he has finally got a girlfriend. Then he discovers that she signs on at the job centre - where relationships between staff and jobseekers are against the rules.

Ep 6

Birthday

Jun 10, 2013