A Saturday health and wellbeing workshop makes Karl much more relaxed than he wants to be.

Comedy

Sitcom set in a West Midlands job centre. A Saturday health and wellbeing workshop with a neighbouring branch makes Karl much more relaxed than he wants to be.

The Job Lot

Russell Tovey & Sarah Hadland are a reluctant employee & a keeno boss

Russell Tovey and Sarah Hadland star as a reluctant employee and keeno boss in this sitcom set in a busy Midlands job centre. It's a mix of life, love and long-term unemployment.

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Job centre manager Trish's only member of staff she can rely on decides to quit.

Sitcom set in a job centre, where manager Trish is struggling to cope. The only member of staff she can rely on has reached the end of his tether and decides to quit.

In an effort to boost Brownall Job Centre's figures, Trish calls in the army.

Sitcom set in a job centre. Trish calls in the army in a bid to boost the centre's figures, but her priorities soon change when handsome recruiting Sergeant Steve Fox arrives.

It is all hands to the pump when a local factory suddenly shuts down.

It is all hands to the pump when a local factory suddenly shuts down, and Karl is in the worst possible state to cope as the centre is overwhelmed by newly unemployed jobseekers.

Trish is on the lookout for the secret jobseeker who is going to file a report.

Sitcom set in a job centre. 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.

Trish is conducting staff appraisals and Danielle is feeling the pressure.

Trish is conducting staff appraisals and Danielle is feeling the pressure, while Angela is in an unusually good mood - then the reason for her cheerfulness comes to light.

Trish gets a life-changing surprise on her birthday - or so she thinks.

Trish gets a life-changing surprise on her birthday, and needing time to think it through, she promotes Karl to acting manager. But Karl is soon totally out of his depth.

Sitcom. The staff are recovering from a night out celebrating Trish's divorce.

Sitcom. The staff are recovering from a night out celebrating Trish's divorce. New deputy manager Natalie Mason is not popular with Angela, upset at being overlooked for promotion.

Trish goes all out to impress a powerful local businesswoman.

Sitcom set in a West Midlands job centre. Trish goes all out to impress a powerful local businesswoman, and Karl resents a visiting phone engineer who takes a shine to Natalie.

Trish and her deputy Natalie stage a youth unemployment initiative to impress a local MP.

Sitcom. The job centre stages a youth unemployment initiative, but ambitious plans are thwarted when a request for staff to dress down leads to an embarrassing faux pas for Trish.

Under pressure to hit targets, Karl and George are on an ill-fated stakeout.

Sitcom set in a job centre. Under pressure to hit targets, Karl and George are on an ill-fated stakeout, while Natalie resorts to teaching Bryony some dubious new work skills.

Security guards Janette and Paul make unlikely heroes when Trish loses her mobile phone.

Sitcom set in a job centre. Security guards Janette and Paul make unlikely heroes when Trish loses her mobile phone and Natalie gets into big trouble with a jobseeker.

Karl finds a pregnancy test and assumes that Natalie is having his baby.

Sitcom set in a job centre. When Karl finds a pregnancy test in Natalie's drawer, he assumes she is pregnant and sets about proving what a great father he can be.

Sitcom set in a job centre. Trish hopes to have a baby via sperm donation.

Sitcom set in a job centre. Trish decides that she wants to have a baby via sperm donation, while Natalie pretends she is deep in debt in order to avoid moving in with Karl.

Karl tries to prove to Natalie he can be more dynamic. A jobseeker takes Trish hostage.

Sitcom set in a West Midlands job centre. Karl tries to prove to Natalie he can be more dynamic, but his tough-guy experiment backfires when a desperate jobseeker takes Trish hostage.

The workforce break down over health and safety and plans for the Christmas party.

Sitcom set in a West Midlands job centre. Relations between management and the workforce break down over health and safety and plans for the Christmas party. Goaded by Angela, Karl becomes ringleader and calls a strike.

Trish is interested in Greg, the new manager of Nechells Job Centre.

Sitcom. Brownall tops the leader board for getting people off benefits at the monthly managers meeting. But Trish is more interested in Greg, the new manager of nearby Nechells Job Centre.

Brownall's former boss Maggie is invited to lead the centre's 25th birthday celebrations.

Last in the series of the sitcom set in a job centre. It is Brownall's 25th birthday and former boss Maggie is invited to lead the celebrations. What dirt does she have on Angela?

The Job Lot

The Job Lot

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