How many seasons does Nice Work have?

Nice Work has 1 season with 4 episodes.

When did Nice Work premiere?

Nice Work premiered on November 8, 1985.

Nice Work

Name: Nice Work
Genre: Drama
Cast: Warren Clarke, Haydn Gwynne, David Calder, John Forgeham, Tricia George

BBC Two Ended Drama

1 Season · 4 Episodes · Premiered November 8, 1985 · Ended October 25, 1989

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. Thatcherism is working and the recession is levelling out. 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 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, 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...

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

4 episodes

E01

Episode 1

Wed, Oct 4 1989 8:25 PM GMT+0000 55 min

January 1986. Industry Year. Rummidge, that lovely, sprawling Midlands city raked by motorways, reluctantly confronts another working week. On our right, Mr Vic Wilcox - dynamic, self-made managing director appointed to 'turn round' a struggling engineering firm. On our left, Dr Robyn Penrose - university lecturer in English Literature and expert on the Victorian industrial novel. They have no notion of each other's existence; the piece of paper that will bring them together lies in a recycled envelope at the bottom of someone's in-tray....

E02

Episode 2

Wed, Oct 11 1989 8:25 PM GMT+0000 55 min

Sexually, Vic and Robyn's lives are as far apart as they are professionally. The Shadow Scheme continues on its bumpy course as Vic, a week later, drives Robyn from Rummidge up north on a confidential business investigation. But their weekly appointment grows in significance, as they begin to make surprising discoveries.

E03

Episode 3

Wed, Oct 18 1989 8:25 PM GMT+0000 55 min

Vic acts on Robyn's advice to educate the workforce and addresses a meeting - with an unexpected interruption.Basil turns up unannounced, with disturbing news of Charles's research in the City of London. And as the Shadow Scheme draws to an end, Vic presses Robyn to accompany him on a vital business trip to Germany.

E04

Episode 4

Wed, Oct 25 1989 8:25 PM GMT+0000 55 min

Summer Term. Robyn returns to Rummidge to find urgent messages from Vic and Charles - and from Philip Swallow, inviting her to meet a famous American visitor. What will happen to Robyn and Vic in their relationship and their careers? The endings of the Victorian novels taught by Robyn may provide clues.