Clocking Off

Clocking Off is a British television drama series which was broadcast on BBC One 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 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 and actresses who appeared in the series included Christopher Eccleston, Sophie Okonedo, Philip Glenister, John Simm, Lesley Sharp, Siobhan Finneran, Emma Cunniffe, Diane Parish, David Morrissey, Ricky Tomlinson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, William Ash, Ben Crompton, Jack Deam, Jack P. Shepherd, Tina O'Brien, Jason Merrells, Pam Ferris, Wil Johnson, Ashley Jensen, Susan Cookson, Mark Benton, Lindsey Coulson, Paul Copley, Sarah Lancashire, Crissy Rock, Marshall Lancaster, Marc Warren, Claire Sweeney and Maxine Peake.

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 including 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. The BBC said the programme was axed following declining ratings, but creator Abbott said the programme's demise was down to "a lack of writers able to come up with stories good enough to carry the stand alone episodes."

Twenty-seven episodes were produced across the four series, and in 2004 the first series was released on DVD. In 2015, the first series was released on DVD in Australia and was made available for purchase via the BBC Store.

Cast

Actor	Character	Series
		1	2	3	4
Jack Deam	Kev Leach	colspan="4" Template:CMain
Christopher Eccleston	Jim Calvert	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Siobhan Finneran	Julie O'Neill	colspan="3" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Philip Glenister	James "Mack" Mackintosh	colspan="3" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Joan Kempson	Freda Wilson	colspan="4" Template:CMain
Steve Jackson	Barry Sleight	colspan="3" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Wil Johnson	Steve Robinson	colspan="3" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Sarah Lancashire	Yvonne Kolakowski	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Jason Merrells	Martin Leach	colspan="2" Template:CMain	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Tony Mooney	Ade Cameron	colspan="4" Template:CMain
Paul Oldham	Brian Pringle	colspan="2" Template:CMain	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Diane Parish	Sylvia Robinson	colspan="2" Template:CMain	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Jason Sampson	Jake Robinson	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Lesley Sharp	Trudy Graham	colspan="2" Template:CMain	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Andrew Sheridan	"KT"	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="3" Template:CNone
John Simm	Stuart Leach	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="3" Template:CNone
Christine Tremarco	Katherine Mackintosh	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="3" Template:CNone
William Ash	Nick Anderson	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Susan Cookson	Janice Piper	colspan="1" Template:CGuest	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Paul Copley	Mal Aindow	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Lindsey Coulson	Bev Aindow	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Ben Crompton	Barney Watson	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="3" Template:CMain
Ashley Jensen	Babs Leach	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="1" Template:CGuest	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring
Alison Swann	Sue Leach	colspan="1" Template:CRecurring	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Ricky Tomlinson	Ronnie Anderson	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="2" Template:CNone
Alice Barry	Peggy Hargreaves	colspan="1" Template:CGuest	colspan="1" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Katie Blake	Tasha Roscoe	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Emma Cunniffe	Kim Anderson	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Sharon Duce	Vicky Sullivan	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Craig Kelly	Eddie Mackintosh	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Katisha Kenyon	Hannah Phillips	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain
Marshall Lancaster	Gary Dugdale	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain
Lisa Millett	Grace Eastwood	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain
David Morrissey	Franny Rothwell	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="1" Template:CNone
James Murray	Mark Talbot	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Sophie Okonedo	Jenny Wood	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Robert Pugh	Alan Preston	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain	colspan="1" Template:CNone
Nick Sidi	Sam Davidson	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring	colspan="1" Template:CGuest
Nicola Stephenson	Suzie Davidson	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain
Steven Williams	Ryan Davidson	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain
Paula Wolfenden	Jackie O'Farrell	colspan="2" Template:CNone	colspan="2" Template:CMain
Keith Barron	Roy Fletcher	colspan="3" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain
Mark Benton	Colin Wilkes	colspan="3" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain
Sushil Chudasama	Faz Usmani	colspan="3" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain
Pam Ferris	Pat Fletcher	colspan="3" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain
Branka Katić	Maya Lazarevic	colspan="3" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CAlso starring
Derek Riddell	Jamie Campbell	colspan="3" Template:CNone	colspan="1" Template:CMain

External links

• Template:BBC programme
• Clocking Off at bbc.co.uk
• Clocking Off at the British Film Institute
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• How We Made Clocking Off at The Guardian