Clocking Off

Clocking Off is a British television drama series which ran on the BBC One network for four seasons from 2000 to 2003. The series was produced for the BBC by the independent Red Production Company, and created by the acclaimed Paul Abbott.

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British - Television - BBC One - 2000 - 2003 - Red Production Company - Paul Abbott

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The series 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, Lesley Sharp, David Morrissey and Sarah Lancashire.

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Anthology - Manchester - Christopher Eccleston - Lesley Sharp - David Morrissey - Sarah Lancashire

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The series was highly acclaimed by the critics, winning the BAFTA 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, and the episodes penned by other writers were less well-received. The programme finally ended, after a season with no Abbott scripts at all, in 2003.

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BAFTA - 2001

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Overall twenty-seven episodes were produced across the four seasons, and in 2004 the first season was released on DVD.

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2004 - DVD

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