The Job Lot is a British sitcom. The series is set in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and focuses on the relationships between the staff and the jobseekers.
The series was commissioned following a successful pilot, 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 and final series on ITV2 in October 2015.
Cast
Character Portrayed by First appearance Duration Total episodes Angela Bromford Jo Enright 29 April 2013 2013–2015 18 Trish Collingwood Sarah Hadland 29 April 2013 2013–2015 18 Karl Lyndhurst Russell Tovey 29 April 2013 2013–2015 18 Janette Hodgkins Angela Curran 29 April 2013 2013–2015 18 Paul Franks Martin Marquez 29 April 2013 2013–2015 18 Graham Pleck Tony Maudsley 29 April 2013 2013–2014 12 Bryony West Sophie McShera 29 April 2013 2013–2015 10 Danielle Fisher Tamla Kari 29 April 2013 2013 6 George Dhot Adeel Akhtar 6 May 2013 2013–2014 11 Natalie Mason Laura Aikman 24 September 2014 2014–2015 12 Ash Nick Mohammed 13 October 2015 2015 5
Extras and Recurring cast Malkit Bharj (Series 1–2) Amelia Parillon (Series 1–2) Mark Bagnall (Series 1) Nigel Boyle (Series 1–2) Dylan Edwards (Series 2) Debbie J. Nash (Series 2–3)
Guest stars
Emma Rigby (series 1) Sean Pertwee (series 1) Susannah Fielding (series 1) Zahra Ahmadi (series 1) Eileen Davies (series 1) Ashley McGuire (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) Christian Vit (series 3)
Locations Despite being set in Birmingham, the series was filmed mainly in East London. The building used as the exterior and interior of the job centre is the former LEB building situated at 255–279 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green (the name Brownall House can still be seen on the exterior). The back of the building and roof are part of Three Mills Film Studios in Bow.
Series overview
Episodes Series 1 (2013)
Series 2 (2014) The Job Lot was renewed for a second series and was filmed in January and February 2014. The series again consists of six episodes and began transmission on ITV2 from 24 September 2014 at 10pm. The new episodes were repeated on ITV each Friday at 10:40pm.
Series 3 (2015) A third and final series was filmed in May and June 2015, and broadcast on ITV2 between 6 October and 10 November 2015 at 10:30pm (with the exception of the final episode which was broadcast at 10pm). The episodes were repeated on ITV on Monday nights (times varied). The series again consisted of six episodes.
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