No Job For a Ladyan Episode Guide
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aired from: Feb 1990 to: Feb 1992 | 18 eps | ITV | 30 min | mono | closed captioned |
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Join newly elected Labour MP Jean Price as she learns to navigate the labyrinthian halls of the British Parliament.
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New Labour MP Jean Price tries to figure out the hectic Parliamentary schedule and to find an opposition "sweetheart" so she can go home for a birthday dinner with her husband.
b: 7 Feb 90Jean gets advice from all sides about giving her maiden Parliamentary speech, then throws it all away as she speaks impulsively, and is sent to Coventry for her recklessness.
b: 14 Feb 90Jean learns about the many ways a member can introduce a bill into Parliament as she tries to pass legislation to enhance childcare in the workplace.
b: 21 Feb 90Jean tries to find out if toxic nuclear waste has been traveling the streets of her constituency, and runs into a maze of dead ends.
b: 28 Feb 90Jean agrees to serve on two Parliamentary committees, where she learns of their essential uselessness and the power of the press when a correction she makes in a proposed bill is credited to Godfrey.
b: 7 Mar 90Jean sneaks a copy of Godfrey's notes on health care reform and uses them against him, but is unable to back up her statements without revealing where she got her information.
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Jean and Godfrey join forces in a censorship fight and drive a newsagent out of business.
b: 7 Jan 91Jean urges Ken to vote his own beliefs instead of those dictated by his constituency, then learns a bitter lesson herself when she agrees to support an opponent's attempt to legislate quotas for women on governing boards.
b: 14 Jan 91Jean faces jail when she buys a bag of cocaine to present to her colleagues during a speech urging stricter drug laws.
b: 21 Jan 91Jean tries to help a constituent who claims this time he really is innocent of the crimes he's been convicted of and that the police framed him.
b: 28 Jan 91Jean tries to help a Chinese man remain in Britain and Jean's new Conservative researcher plagues Ken.
b: 4 Feb 91Rumours of sexual indiscretions and possible resignations run rampant and Jean finds her loyalties torn when a position in the shadow cabinet seems possible.
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Jean and Ken both face de-selection by their party when their stands on national defense prove unpopular. Jean also matches wits with a new "pair" after a financially strapped Godfrey resigns and "sells" her to the MP taking over his office space.
b: 6 Jan 92Jean tackles the homeless problem when a constituent asks for help finding a new home.
b: 13 Jan 92Ken and Jean come down on opposite sides of a potential kidnapping case and Jean clashes with Richard over sexual harassment.
b: 20 Jan 92A vote to raise MP salaries sparks a contest between Jean and Richard, with Jean responsible for taking a 20 pound investment and turning it into 30 pounds and Richard agreeing to live on supplemental public benefit for two weeks.
b: 27 Jan 92Jean takes on health care and social services for a constituent whose spleen was removed by mistake, a man who didn't have quite enough of his leg amputated and a woman caring for an infirmed father-in-law.
b: 3 Feb 92Jean, Richard and Norman become involved in the labyrinth of leaks and vaguely attributed sources when a new reporter begins covering the action in the lobby of Parliament.
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Editor's Note (3/98): I am saddened to report that Donna died unexpectedly last month. John Lavalie will try to answer any questions regarding this series.