Making Out (TV series)
Making Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 6 January 1989 and 12 November 1991.
The series, created by Franc Roddam, and written by Debbie Horsfield, mixed comedy and drama in its portrayal of the women who worked on the factory floor at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester, tackling the personal lives of the characters as well as wider issues of recession, redundancy and retrenchment as the factory goes through various crises and takeovers.
The music for the series was composed by New Order. The main theme for the show is an adaptation of the song "Vanishing Point". There is a specific mix of this song called the Making Out Mix.
In September 2023, the series was made available on BBC iPlayer.
Cast
The girls
- Queenie, the fiery Scouse ring-leader of the women.
- Pauline, the union shop steward for the women.
- Jill, a new girl at the factory who starts work in the first episode.
- Donna, a middle-class woman who is desperate for a baby with her husband.
- Ariadne, known as "Klepto", a young woman bullied by her Greek Orthodox family.
- Carol May
The factory
- Rex, a randy boss at the factory who is having an affair with Carol May.
- Norma, an ambitious, efficient company secretary.
- Bernie, a supervisor of the women on the shop floor.
- Simon, the only man on the floor, romantically attached to "Klepto".
The blokes
- Chunky, Queenie's no-good petty criminal husband.
- Ray, Jill's husband who eventually leaves her and their kids for another woman, a dimwitted hairdresser called Rosie.
- Frankie, Pauline's husband.
- Colin, Carol May's husband.
- Gavin, a footballer with whom Jill starts a relationship after her husband walks out on her.
- Gordon, Donna's Building Society manager husband.
Episodes
Series 1
Broadcast Friday evenings on BBC1 at 9:30pmThe series was repeated on BBC2 on Saturday evenings at 9:35pm from 6 January to 3 March 1990.