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No Job For a Lady

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by Donna Lemaster

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aired from: Feb 1990 to: Feb 1992 18 eps ITV 30 min mono closed captioned

regulars:

  • Penelope Keith as Jean Price
  • George Baker as Sir Godfrey Eagan [ series 1 - 2 ]
  • Mark Kingston as Geoff Price
  • Garfield Morgan as Norman
  • Paul Young as Ken Miller
  • Jonathan Dow as Tim [ series 1 only ]
  • Paul Rattigan as Mark [ series 2 only ]
  • Michael Cochrane as Richard Monckton [ series 3 only ]

    production:

  • Alex Shearer, writer
  • John Howard Davies, producer, director
  • Howard Goodall, music

    Join newly elected Labour MP Jean Price as she learns to navigate the labyrinthian halls of the British Parliament.


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      1st Series 1990

    1. "Who Goes Home?"
      gs: Nigel Humphries [ Policeman ]

      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 90
    2. "The Maiden Over"
      gs: Brogden Miller [ Freddy ], Nigel Humphries [ Policeman ], John McCabe [ Victor ]

      Jean 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 90
    3. "There Should Be a Law Against It"
      gs: Nigel Humphries [ Policeman ]

      Jean 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 90
    4. "Questions, Questions!"
      gs: Nigel Humphries [ Policeman ], Eryl Maynard [ Female Environmentalist ], Carl Rigg [ Male Environmentalist ]

      Jean 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 90
    5. "A Member of the Committee"
      gs: Brogden Miller [ Freddy ], Helen Bennett [ Journalist ], Peter Geddis [ Labour MP ]

      Jean 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 90
    6. "Take a Copy"

      Jean 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.

      b: 14 Mar 90

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      2nd Series 1991

    7. "Strange Bedfellows"
      gs: Brogden Miller [ Freddy ], Gillian Bevan [ Liz ], Ian Bleasdale [ News Agent ], Tony Wreddon [ Mr. Shah ], Annabel Ryan [ Nicky ], Emma Priest [ Teenager ], Nicholas Bennett [ Customer ]

      Jean and Godfrey join forces in a censorship fight and drive a newsagent out of business.

      b: 7 Jan 91
    8. "But I Voted For You"
      gs: Brogden Miller [ Freddy ], Gaye Brown [ Renee ], Jo Warne [ Mrs. Jarrett ], Richard Haddon [ Barman ], Terence Conoley [ Mr. Stevens ]

      Jean 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 91
    9. "White Knights"
      gs: Brodgen Miller [ Freddy ], Nigel Humphreys [ Harry ], Charlie Hawkins [ Detective ], Neil Clark [ Drug Dealer ]

      Jean faces jail when she buys a bag of cocaine to present to her colleagues during a speech urging stricter drug laws.

      b: 21 Jan 91
    10. "Poetic Justice"
      gs: Caroline Strong [ Sally ], Jonathan Stratt [ Lee ], Nigel Humphreys [ Harry ]

      Jean 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 91
    11. "Undesirable Aliens"
      gs: Alan Leith [ Father Watts ], Glen Goei [ Cheng ], Stephen Graf [ Warren ]

      Jean tries to help a Chinese man remain in Britain and Jean's new Conservative researcher plagues Ken.

      b: 4 Feb 91
    12. "No Rumour in the Truth"
      gs: Gillian Bevan [ Liz ], Ben Aris [ Roland ], Brodgen Miller [ Freddy ], Nigel Humphreys [ Harry ], Hilary Crane [ Mrs. Miller ]

      Rumours of sexual indiscretions and possible resignations run rampant and Jean finds her loyalties torn when a position in the shadow cabinet seems possible.

      b: 11 Feb 91

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      3rd Series 1992

    13. "Hawks & Doves"
      gs: Brodgen Miller [ Freddy ], Nigel Humphreys [ Harry ]

      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 92
    14. "A Bed for the Night"
      gs: Nigel Humphreys [ Harry ]

      Jean tackles the homeless problem when a constituent asks for help finding a new home.

      b: 13 Jan 92
    15. "Sugar & Spice"
      gs: Neil Clark [ Robert ], Francesca Hall [ Julie ]

      Ken and Jean come down on opposite sides of a potential kidnapping case and Jean clashes with Richard over sexual harassment.

      b: 20 Jan 92
    16. "I'd Like to See You Do It"

      A 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 92
    17. "What Care? What Compensation?"
      gs: Neil Clark [ Robert ], Nigel Humphreys [ Harry ], Sian Thomas [ Mrs. Johnson ], Tim Barker [ Mr. Webb ]

      Jean 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 92
    18. "Lobby Terms"
      gs: Brodgen Miller [ Freddy ], Robert Bathurst [ Tony ]

      Jean, 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.

      b: 10 Feb 92

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    NOTES

    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.


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