Nice Work (1989–1989)

TV ShowEndedBBC TwoDrama1 season, 4 episodes
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Plot

Dr Robyn Penrose is a lecturer in English at Rummidge University. Vic Wilcox is the Managing Director of Pringle's, an engineering firm in Rummidge. They meet when Robyn is told by her Head of Department to "shadow" Vic as part of Industry Year. They are initially hostile to each other but gradually come to understand each other's point of view. Based on the novel by David Lodge.

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Episodes by season

Season014Episodes1989Aired—Season avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1October 4, 1989—January 1986. Industry Year. Rummidge, that lovely, sprawling Midlands city raked by motorways, reluctantly confronts another working week.
  2. S01E02Episode 2October 11, 1989—Sexually, Vic and Robyn's lives are as far apart as they are professionally. The Shadow Scheme continues on its bumpy course as Vic, a week
  3. S01E03Episode 3October 18, 1989—Vic acts on Robyn's advice to educate the workforce and addresses a meeting - with an unexpected interruption. Basil turns up unannounced, w
  4. S01E04Episode 4October 25, 1989—Summer Term. Robyn returns to Rummidge to find urgent messages from Vic and Charles - and from Philip Swallow, inviting her to meet a famous

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Cast

Warren ClarkeWarren ClarkeVic WilcoxHaydn GwynneHaydn GwynneDr. Robyn PenroseJanet DaleJanet DaleMarjorie WilcoxDavid CalderDavid CalderStuart BaxterJohn ForgehamJohn ForgehamBrian EverthorpeTricia GeorgeTricia GeorgeShirley
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