''The Job Lot'' is a British

sitcom A sitcom (short for situation comedy or situational comedy) is a genre of comedy produced for radio and television, that centers on a recurring cast of character (arts), characters as they navigate humorous situations within a consistent settin ...

. 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 ITV2 is a Television in the United Kingdom, British free-to-air television channel owned by ITV Digital Channels, a division of ITV plc. It was launched on 7 December 1998. For a number of years, it had the largest audience share after the fiv ...

for its second series. The show returned for a third and final series on

in October 2015.

Cast

Extras and Recurring cast *Malkit Bharj (Series 1–2) *Amelia Parillon (Series 1–2) *Mark Bagnall (Series 1) *Nigel Boyle (Series 1–2) *Dylan Edwards (Series 2) *Debbie J. Nash (Series 2–3) Guest stars *

Emma Rigby Emma Rigby (born 26 September 1989) is an English actress and model. After rising to prominence for her role as Hannah Ashworth in ''Hollyoaks'' (2005–2010, 2024), she later played Gemma Roscoe in the BBC One drama series '' Prisoners' Wives ...

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Sean Pertwee Sean Carl Roland Pertwee (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor, narrator and producer. His credits include ''Chancer'' (1990), '' Leon the Pig Farmer'' (1992), '' Cadfael'' (1994), ''Bodyguards'' (1997), ''Event Horizon'' (1997), '' Stiff Upp ...

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Susannah Fielding Susannah Glanville-Hearson,"Drama: High profile OB actors"

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Zahra Ahmadi Zahra Ahmadi (; born 1982) is a British actress from Plymouth, England of Persian descent. She is best known for playing the original Shabnam Masood in ''EastEnders''. Career She is known for her role as Shabnam Masood in the British televis ...

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Eileen Davies Eileen Davies (born 23 September 1948) is an English actress, nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the British Independent Film Awards 2012 for her performance in the film Sightseers, her roles have included “Flora McArdle” in the T ...

(series 1) * Ashley McGuire (series 1) *

Keith Duffy Keith Peter Thomas Francis Julian John Duffy (born 1 October 1974) is an Irish singer, actor, radio and television presenter and drummer who began his professional music career as part of Irish boy band Boyzone alongside Ronan Keating, Mik ...

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Meera Syal Meera Syal FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created '' Goodness Gracious Me'' and by portraying Sanjeev's grandmoth ...

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Mark Benton Mark Benton (born 16 November 1965) is an English actor and television presenter known for his roles as Eddie in '' Early Doors'', Howard in '' Northern Lights'', Martin Pond in '' Barbara'' and the eponymous Frank Hathaway in '' Shakespeare & H ...

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Rosie Cavaliero Rosalind Cecilia Cavaliero (born 27 November 1967) is a British actress. She has appeared in numerous television roles. Filmography Film Television Video games Podcasts Radio Theatre * ''Dracula'' at the Everyman, Cheltenham – Florr ...

(series 2) * John Thomson (series 3) *

Will Mellor William Mellor (born 3 April 1976) is an English actor and singer. He is known for his roles as Jambo Bolton in ''Hollyoaks'', Gaz Wilkinson in '' Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'', Warren Stamp in EastEnders, DC Spike Tanner in ' ...

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Sophie Stanton Sophie Stanton (born 1971) is an English actress. She is best known for her role as DCI Jill Marsden in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' in which she has appeared on from 2001 to 2015. Career EastEnders Born in London and raised in Suffolk ...

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Maureen Lipman Dame Maureen Diane Lipman (born 10 May 1946) is an English actress, columnist and comedian. She trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and her stage work has included appearances with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakesp ...

(series 3) *Christian Vit (series 3)

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 name Brownall House can still be seen on the exterior). 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

from 24 September 2014 at 10pm. The new episodes were repeated on ITV each Friday night at 10:40pm.

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 (with the exception of the final episode which was broadcast at 10:00pm). The episodes were repeated on ITV on Monday nights (times varied). The series again consisted of six episodes.

DVD releases

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Job Lot, The 2010s British sitcoms 2013 British television series debuts 2015 British television series endings Television shows set in the West Midlands (county) ITV sitcoms Television series by ITV Studios Television series by Big Talk Productions British workplace comedy television series British English-language television shows