Season 2 • Episode 6
LatestComedy set in the social services department of a local authority. Social workers Rose and Al swim against the tide of bureaucracy, deal with the absurdities of life and try to navigate their equally trying professional and personal lives.
Acting
Jo Brand's deadpan delivery could stop a clock.
Writing
Jokes about suicide risk assessments. It works, somehow.
Production
Depressingly authentic council office aesthetics.
Creators
Jo Brand, Morwenna Banks
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jo Brand and Morwenna Banks wrote it after Brand's real experience as a psychiatric nurse—she's seen this chaos firsthand.
Cancelled after two seasons despite critical love, because Channel 4 apparently hates joy and also workers.
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