36 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestA week after the presentation to the Minister, the staff await their fate. Fearing the worst, Katherine seriously contemplates her future when a visitor turns up for her. Meanwhile, Danny and Angela confide in each other a few home truths.
Not Safe for Work is a 2015 British comedy-drama series created and written by D.C. Moore for Channel 4. A group of disillusioned Londoner civil servants are forced to relocate to Northampton after public sector cuts, focusing on their personal and professional struggles as they navigate a new, less glamourous office environment.
Acting
Zawe Ashton's deadpan desperation is career-best.
Writing
D.C. Moore's dialogue cuts like office small talk.
Production
Northampton never looked so depressingly accurate.
Creator
D.C. Moore
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zawe Ashton and Sacha Dhawan had previously worked together on Fresh Meat, another British millennial angst classic.
The series aired during peak austerity Britain (2015), when public sector cuts were decimating civil service jobs nationwide—making its bleakness almost documentary.
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