No Job for a Lady

No Job for a Lady
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Alex Shearer
Starring	Penelope Keith Mark Kingston Garfield Morgan Paul Young George Baker
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of series	3
No. of episodes	18
Production
Producer(s)	John Howard Davies
Running time	30 minutes (including commercials)
Production company(s)	Thames Television
Distributor	Fremantle Media
Release
Original network	ITV
Picture format	4:3
Original release	7 February 1990 – 10 February 1992

No Job for a Lady is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 7 February 1990 to 10 February 1992. Starring Penelope Keith, it was written by Alex Shearer, and directed and produced by John Howard Davies. It was made by Thames Television for ITV.

Cast

• Penelope Keith — Jean Price MP
• Mark Kingston — Geoff Price
• Garfield Morgan — Norman (Whip)
• Paul Young — Ken Miller
• George Baker — Sir Godfrey Eagan MP (series 1 and 2)
• Brogden Miller — Freddy
• Nigel Humphreys — Harry
• Jonathan Dow — Tim (series 1)
• Paul Rattigan — Mark (series 2)
• Michael Cochrane — Richard (series 3)

Note - In the four Series One episodes in which Nigel Humphreys appeared, he was credited as Nigel Humphries.

Plot

No Job for a Lady revolved around Jean Price, the newly elected, somewhat rebellious Labour MP for an inner-city constituency, and her life in the House of Commons. She is married to Geoff Price, and as well being an MP she has to try and look after her house and children. The interior of the Commons was never seen, and most of the scenes took place in her office, which she shared with her Scottish colleague Ken Miller, the lobby and in the lounges of Westminster. Other characters included the whip Norman and the Conservative MP Sir Godfrey Eagan.

Episodes

Series One (1990)

1. Who goes Home? (7 Feb 1990)
2. The Maiden Over (14 Feb 1990)
3. There should be a law against it! (21 Feb 1990)
4. Questions, Questions! (28 Feb 1990)
5. A member of the Committee (7 Mar 1990)
6. Take a Copy! (14 Mar 1990)

Series Two (1991)

1. Strange Bedfellows (7 Jan 1991)
2. But I voted for you! (14 Jan 1991)
3. White Knights (21 Jan 1991)
4. Poetic Justice (28 Jan 1991)
5. Undesirable Aliens (4 Feb 1991)
6. No rumour in the Faith (11 Feb 1991)

Series Three (1992)

1. Hawks and Doves (6 Jan 1992)
2. A bed for the night (13 Jan 1992)
3. Sugar and Spice (20 Jan 1992)
4. I'd like to see you do it! (27 Jan 1992)
5. What Care? What Compensation? (3 Feb 1992)
6. Lobby Terms (10 Feb 1992)

DVD release

All three complete series of 'No Job for a Lady' have been released on DVD by Network, with a 3 disc set of the complete series to eventually follow at some point.

DVD	Release date
The Complete Series 1	26 July 2010
The Complete Series 2	25 July 2011
The Complete Series 3	4 June 2012
The Complete Series 1 to 3 Box Set	TBA 201?

References

External links

• No Job for a Lady at the Internet Movie Database.
• No Job for a Lady at British Comedy Guide.