
The Job Lot
- TV sitcom
- ITV2 / ITV1
- 2013 - 2015
- 18 episodes (3 series)
Sitcom about life at a West Midlands job centre, focusing on the array of staff and customers. Stars Sarah Hadland, Russell Tovey, Jo Enright, Laura Aikman, Angela Curran and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Further details

Job centre manager Trish is struggling to manage. She's got a world of work seminar to run, the temp's late and Angela, the most difficult employee in the West Midlands is back - fresh from winning an employment tribunal. She's unmanageable and now, unsackable.
Karl is the only member of staff Trish can rely on, but now even he's reached the end of his tether. Although he spends every day surrounded by people who need a job, he decides to take his chances and quit - until somebody changes his mind...
Notes
This episode was filmed earlier than the rest of the series and acted as the pilot on which ITV decided to order a series.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 29th April 2013
- Time
- 9:30pm
- Channel
- ITV1
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Sarah Hadland | Trish |
Russell Tovey | Karl |
Jo Enright | Angela |
Angela Curran | Janette |
Martin Marquez | Paul |
Sophie McShera | Bryony |
Tony Maudsley | Graham |
Tamla Kari | Danielle |
Samuel Anderson | Craig Allen |
Mark Bagnall | Darren Leigh |
Nigel Boyle | Adam Rogers |
Navin Chowdhry | Sunil Mitesh |
Emma Rigby | Chloe Granger |
Claire Downes | Writer |
Ian Jarvis | Writer |
Stuart Lane | Writer |
Richard Laxton | Director |
Hannah Pescod | Producer |
Kenton Allen | Executive Producer |
Matthew Justice | Executive Producer |
Mark Everson | Editor |
Dick Lunn | Production Designer |
Ian Masterson | Composer |