Rent Nice Work: The Complete Series (1989)
4.1 of 5 from 54 ratings
3h 38min
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- Synopsis:
When two people from completely different backgrounds interact in the workplace - things can only get heated... It's 1986 and Industry Year, which is great news for manufacturing in Rummidge, an unlovely sprawling city in the heart of the Midlands, raked by motorways. The economy is recovering - but at a cost. Lives are changing. Suffering from the last round of cuts in funding, the University is desperate to cast off its ivory-tower image. Its first effort towards achieving this is entering the 'Industry Year Shadow Scheme'. Robyn Penrose (Haydn Gwynne) is chosen as the University's representative. She's a young, idealistic lecturer in English Literature and an expert on the Victorian industrial novel. Straight from school into academia, she's never set foot in a factory. Now she finds herself shadow to Vic Wilcox (Warren Clarke), the middle-aged, self-made managing director of a Rummidge engineering firm. The thought of following his every move for one day a week for the next six months is totally unappealing to Robyn. And Vic, for his part, is equally hostile. But over time, they both find themselves drawn to each other... - Actors:
- Warren Clarke, Haydn Gwynne, Janet Dale, David Calder, John Forgeham, Tricia George, Penny Bostock, Tariq Yunus, Martin Jacobs, Terry Coates, John Arthur, Edda Sharpe, Howard Belgard, Bridget Gardener, Balraj Singh Somal, Steve Money, Christopher Godwin, Patrick Pearson, Tim Preece, Neale McGrath
- Directors:
- Christopher Menaul
- Producers:
- Chris Parr
- Writers:
- David Lodge
- Studio:
- Simply Media
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Dramas
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Nice Job! - Nice Work: The Complete Series review by CR
Robyn Penrose (Haydn Gwynne) and Vic Wilcox (Warren Clarke) are the main protagonists in this late 80's campus drama, in which the very different worlds of academia and business are intertwined. As Dr. Robyn Penrose, Haydn becomes the embodiment of the Goddess, Diana, to Vic Wilcox the unfulfilled and unhappy manager of Pringle and Sons, Casting and General Engineering.
Both Haydn and the much-missed Warren are superb in this award winning adaptation of David Lodge's novel.
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