Job

Job

Series

Episode

1

3

Airdate

23 November 2009

Ratings

2.61 Million

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Ratings

2.61 Million

Written by

Miranda Hart
James Cary
Paul Kerensa

Directed by

Juliet May

Main Characters

Miranda Hart - Miranda
Sarah Hadland - Stevie Sutton
Patricia Hodge - Penny
Tom Ellis - Gary Preston
James Holmes - Clive Evans
Sally Philips - Tilly

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Supporting Characters

Michael Wildman - Gym Worker

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Minor or Uncredited Roles

Dan Tetsell - Naval Interviewer
Geraldine McNulty - Careers Advisor
Angela McHale - Customer
Oriane Messina - Teacher
Laurence Howarth - Head Interviewer
Paula Goldstein - Interviewer
Matthew Ashforde - Interviewer
Rosalie Craig - Restaurant Customer

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Job is the third episode in series 1 and was first broadcast Monday 23 November 2009.

Summary

With increasing pressure from her mother, Penny, to get a "proper job", and PR queen Tilly's new promotion, Miranda decides it's high time to turn herself into a "career bitch".

When an interview for sales manager at a local department store comes up, Miranda decides that, with her retail experience and people skills, she's the perfect candidate for the job. Despite her alarming propensity to sing in interviews and address random questions to "Sir Alan", she manages to impress.

Like all good career girls, Miranda heads to the gym and, after a fuchsia-face-inducing workout, she decides it's perhaps not for her. In a desperate attempt to break her water-tight contract with the gym, Miranda threatens to usher in a mass of dirty dogs and sheep in protest - with little success, but does manage to cost her her new job when the HR director walks in.

Later, Miranda's attempts at waitressing in Gary's restaurant without appearing to be doing so, not only embarrass her furious mother, but also mean that Tilly's celebratory promotion drinks are in danger of being more fiasco than fiesta. Things take a turn in her favor, however, when Gary appears in uniform, and seems to indicate that the RAF is taking orders from Miranda.

Quotes

Miranda: Why are pirates called pirates? Because they arrrrrr!

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Penny: Listen, Tilly, outside, promotion, her mother gloating.You, fake job, big success.
Miranda: Sorry, I think you dropped some verbs on the way in.