7.8/1016 votesLoading...#1 - Who Goes Home?
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/7/1990
New Labour MP Jean Price tries to figure out the hectic Parliamentary schedule and to find an opposition ""sweetheart"" so she can go home for a birthday dinner with her husband.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.5/107 votesLoading...
#2 - Undesirable Aliens
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/1991
Jean tries to help a Chinese man remain in Britain and Jean's new Conservative researcher plagues Ken.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/109 votesLoading...
#3 - There Should Be a Law Against It
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/1990
Jean learns about the many ways a member can introduce a bill into Parliament as she tries to pass legislation to enhance childcare in the workplace.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.3/107 votesLoading...
#4 - Poetic Justice
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/1991
Jean tries to help a constituent who claims this time he really is innocent of the crimes he's been convicted of and that the police framed him.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.2/109 votesLoading...
#5 - Questions, Questions!
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/1990
Jean tries to find out if toxic nuclear waste has been traveling the streets of her constituency, and runs into a maze of dead ends.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/1012 votesLoading...
#6 - The Maiden Over
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/1990
Jean gets advice from all sides about giving her maiden Parliamentary speech, then throws it all away as she speaks impulsively, and is sent to Coventry for her recklessness.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.1/109 votesLoading...
#7 - Take a Copy
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/1990
Jean sneaks a copy of Godfrey's notes on health care reform and uses them against him, but is unable to back up her statements without revealing where she got her information.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/109 votesLoading...
#8 - A Member of the Committee
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/1990
Jean agrees to serve on two Parliamentary committees, where she learns of their essential uselessness and the power of the press when a correction she makes in a proposed bill is credited to Godfrey.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/107 votesLoading...
#9 - No Rumour in the Truth
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/1991
Rumours of sexual indiscretions and possible resignations run rampant and Jean finds her loyalties torn when a position in the shadow cabinet seems possible.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 7.0/106 votesLoading...
#10 - Hawks & Doves
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/6/1992
Jean and Ken both face de-selection by their party when their stands on national defense prove unpopular. Jean also matches wits with a new ""pair"" after a financially strapped Godfrey resigns and ""sells"" her to the MP taking over his office space.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/107 votesLoading...
#11 - Strange Bedfellows
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/1991
Jean and Godfrey join forces in a censorship fight and drive a newsagent out of business.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/105 votesLoading...
#12 - A Bed for the Night
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/13/1992
Jean tackles the homeless problem when a constituent asks for help finding a new home.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.8/105 votesLoading...
#13 - What Care? What Compensation?
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/1992
Jean takes on health care and social services for a constituent whose spleen was removed by mistake, a man who didn't have quite enough of his leg amputated and a woman caring for an infirmed father-in-law.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.7/106 votesLoading...
#14 - Lobby Terms
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/10/1992
Jean, Richard and Norman become involved in the labyrinth of leaks and vaguely attributed sources when a new reporter begins covering the action in the lobby of Parliament.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/106 votesLoading...
#15 - But I Voted For You
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/1991
Jean urges Ken to vote his own beliefs instead of those dictated by his constituency, then learns a bitter lesson herself when she agrees to support an opponent's attempt to legislate quotas for women on governing boards.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.6/105 votesLoading...
#16 - I'd Like to See You Do It
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/27/1992
A vote to raise MP salaries sparks a contest between Jean and Richard, with Jean responsible for taking a 20 pound investment and turning it into 30 pounds and Richard agreeing to live on supplemental public benefit for two weeks.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.5/107 votesLoading...
#17 - White Knights
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/1991
Jean faces jail when she buys a bag of cocaine to present to her colleagues during a speech urging stricter drug laws.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
- 6.2/105 votesLoading...
#18 - Sugar & Spice
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/20/1992
Ken and Jean come down on opposite sides of a potential kidnapping case and Jean clashes with Richard over sexual harassment.
Director: John Howard Davies
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of No Job for a Lady
Every episode of No Job for a Lady ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of No Job for a Lady!
No Job for a Lady is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 7 February 1990 to 10 February 1992. Starring Penelope Keith, it...
Genre:Comedy
Network:ITV1
Best Episodes Summary
"Who Goes Home?" is the best rated episode of "No Job for a Lady". It scored 7.8/10 based on 16 votes. Directed by John Howard Davies and written by N/A, it aired on 2/7/1990. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Undesirable Aliens".