PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Pauline Quirke, stars in this light-hearted comedy of office life and, of course, office gossip. Life at Tippins Toys Ltd will be familiar to anyone who has ever spent eight hours a day cooped up with only a computer screen, the phone, photocopiers and other inmates for company. Everyone else’s affairs become a matter of intense interest and speculation, intrigue and politics are rife, and there is always one person who can be guaranteed to spread the wildest rumours.

Pauline plays Jo, personal assistant to Rod, but their relationship is more like marriage without the sex. At work Jo is the perfect secretary, but as a single parent with an 11-year-old daughter, she tends to rely on Rod for the occasional lift to work and help with the odd domestic crisis. Easily flustered Rod, meanwhile, relies on Jo to keep the office running smoothly and advise him when his marriage comes unstuck. Jo shares an office with wet Simon, who is having a steamy affair with his predatory married boss, Maxine, the hardnosed office monster. Maxine thinks it is a secret – but Simon has told Jo, who has told Rod. Add Cheryl, the inquisitive but incredibly gullible office junior, and tongues soon start wagging.

CAST
Jo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pauline Quirke
Rod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Daws
Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neil Stuke
Cheryl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Daniela Denby-Ashe
Maxine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pippa Haywood
Sam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte Francis

PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Written by: Paul Mayhew-Archer
Director: Christine Gernon
Producer: Matthew Francis
Executive Producer: Sophie Clarke-Jervoise

DURATION
6 x 30'