Dr Robyn Penrose is a lecturer in English at Rummidge University. Vic Wilcox is the Managing Director of Pringle's, an engineering firm in Rummidge. They meet when Robyn is told by her Head of Department to "shadow" Vic as part of Industry Year. They are initially hostile to each other but gradually come to understand each other's point of view. Based on the novel by David Lodge.
Seasons and episodes
1 season · 4 episodes
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- 1S1 E1
Episode 1
Oct 4, 198955 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 strug
- 2S1 E2
Episode 2
Oct 11, 198955 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 weekl
- 3S1 E3
Episode 3
Oct 18, 198955 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 a
- 4S1 E4
Episode 4
Oct 25, 198955 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 en
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- How many seasons of Nice Work are there?
- Nice Work has 1 season and 4 episodes. Status: Ended.
- Will there be a new season of Nice Work?
- Nice Work has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 25, 1989.
- Who stars in Nice Work?
- Nice Work stars Warren Clarke, Haydn Gwynne, Janet Dale, David Calder, John Forgeham.
