Nice Work (TV series)

Nice Work is a British television adaptation of the Booker prize-shortlisted 1988 novel of the same name by David Lodge. It was broadcast in 1989 on BBC2 and starred Warren Clarke and Haydn Gwynne.

Characters

The series considered of the following cast:^[1]

Robyn Penrose, played by Haydn Gwynne
Vic Wilcox, played by Warren Clarke
Marjorie Wilcox, played by Janet Dale
Brian Everthorpe, played by John Forgeham
Stuart Baxter, played by David Calder
Philip Swallow, played by Christopher Godwin
Rupert Sutcliffe, played by Terry Coates

Production

The screenplay was directed by Christopher Menaul.

The first TV episode was broadcast on BBC2 on 4 October 1989.^[2] Subsequent episodes were broadcast on 11 October,^[3] 18 October,^[4] and 25 October.^[5]

A DVD edition, on 2 Region 2 discs, was released by the BBC on 24 Nov 2014.^[6]

Reception

The programme won the 1989 Royal Television Society award for best drama series.^[7]

References

^ "Nice Work (Episode 1)". BBC. 4 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Nice Work (Episode 1)". The Genome Project. 4 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Nice Work (Episode 2)". The Genome Project. 11 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Nice Work (Episode 3)". The Genome Project. 18 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Nice Work (Episode 4)". The Genome Project. 25 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Nice Work". Amazon.co.uk. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
^ Cooke, Rachel; Ritchie, Méabh (20 April 2008). "Nice Work". The Observer. London. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

External links

Nice Work at IMDb

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[1] "Nice Work (Episode 1)". BBC. 4 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[2] "Nice Work (Episode 1)". The Genome Project. 4 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[3] "Nice Work (Episode 2)". The Genome Project. 11 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[4] "Nice Work (Episode 3)". The Genome Project. 18 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[5] "Nice Work (Episode 4)". The Genome Project. 25 October 1989. Retrieved 16 January 2015.

[6] "Nice Work". Amazon.co.uk. 24 November 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

[7] Cooke, Rachel; Ritchie, Méabh (20 April 2008). "Nice Work". The Observer. London. Retrieved 10 January 2015.

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