The Job Lot


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

CharacterPortrayed byFirst appearanceDurationTotal episodes
Angela BromfordJo Enright29 April 20132013–201518
Trish CollingwoodSarah Hadland29 April 20132013–201518
Karl LyndhurstRussell Tovey29 April 20132013–201518
Janette HodgkinsAngela Curran29 April 20132013–201518
Paul FranksMartin Marquez29 April 20132013–201518
Graham PleckTony Maudsley29 April 20132013–201412
Bryony WestSophie McShera29 April 20132013–201510
Danielle FisherTamla Kari29 April 201320136
George DhotAdeel Akhtar6 May 20132013–201411
Natalie MasonLaura Aikman24 September 20142014–201512
AshNick Mohammed13 October 201520155

Extras and Recurring cast
  • Malkit Bharj
  • Amelia Parillon
  • Mark Bagnall
  • Nigel Boyle
  • Dylan Edwards
  • Debbie J. Nash
Guest stars
  • Emma Rigby
  • Sean Pertwee
  • Susannah Fielding
  • Zahra Ahmadi
  • Eileen Davies
  • Ashley McGuire
  • Keith Duffy
  • Meera Syal
  • Mark Benton
  • Rosie Cavaliero
  • John Thomson
  • Will Mellor
  • Sophie Stanton
  • Maureen Lipman
  • Christian Vit

    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 back of the building and roof are part of Three Mills Film Studios in Bow.

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 night at 10:40pm.
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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. The episodes were repeated on ITV on Monday nights. The series again consisted of six episodes.
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