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:{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5479031107f54c178692ac8156f69a31|title=Nice Work (Episode 1)|date=4 October 1989 |publisher=BBC|accessdate=16 Jan 2015}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5479031107f54c178692ac8156f69a31|publisher=The Genome Project|accessdate=16 Jan 2015|title=Nice Work (Episode 1)|date=4 October 1989 }} Subsequent episodes were broadcast on 11 October,{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6818c72e880749309a0bdd6adb84c894|publisher=The Genome Project|accessdate=16 Jan 2015|title=Nice Work (Episode 2)|date=11 October 1989 }} 18 October,{{cite web |url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/3057b123ffba490bbd8cd9620aa8bb16|publisher=The Genome Project|accessdate=16 Jan 2015|title=Nice Work (Episode 3)|date=18 October 1989 }} and 25 October.{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/f789d738469642329c2ff7e005524294|publisher=The Genome Project|accessdate=16 Jan 2015|title=Nice Work (Episode 4)|date=25 October 1989 }}

A DVD edition, on 2 Region 2 discs, was released by the BBC on 24 Nov 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nice-Work-DVD-Warren-Clarke/dp/B00OUF22Z2/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1420921313&sr=1-1&keywords=nice+work|publisher=Amazon.co.uk|accessdate=10 Jan 2015|title=Nice Work|date=24 November 2014 }}

Reception

The programme won the 1989 Royal Television Society award for best drama series.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/apr/20/fiction.davidlodge|date=20 April 2008|last1=Cooke|first1=Rachel|last2=Ritchie|first2=Méabh |access-date=10 January 2015|work=The Observer|location=London|title=Nice Work}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0131679|title=Nice Work}}

Category:1989 British television series debuts

Category:1989 British television series endings

Category:1980s British drama television series

Category:BBC television dramas

Category:BBC Birmingham productions

Category:Television shows based on British novels

Category:1980s British television miniseries

Category:British English-language television shows

Category:Television shows set in the West Midlands (county)