Clocking Off
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Clocking Off is a BAFTA award-winning British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four series from 2000 to 2003. It was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by Paul Abbott. It is currently being repeated on ITV3.
It was effectively an anthology programme, following the lives of a group of workers at a Manchester textile factory, with each episode focusing on the home life of a different character. Well-known actors who appeared in the series included Christopher Eccleston, Philip Glenister, Lesley Sharp, Emma Cunniffe, Diane Parish, David Morrissey, and Sarah Lancashire.
The series was highly acclaimed by the critics, winning the British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series in 2001. However, over the course of the following two years Abbott's work on the series decreased as he moved on to other projects. Nonetheless, every series was nominated for a BAFTA and other writers such as Danny Brocklehurst, John Fay and Jan McVerry wrote successful stand-alone episodes. The programme finally ended, after a series with no Abbott scripts at all, in 2003.
Overall twenty-seven episodes were produced across the four series, and in 2004 the first series was released on DVD.
[edit] External links
- Clocking Off at bbc.co.uk
- Clocking Off at Red Production Company
- Clocking Off at the British Film Institute
- Clocking Off at the Internet Movie Database
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| Preceded by The Cops |
British Academy Television Awards Best Drama Series 2000 |
Succeeded by Cold Feet |
