Making Out — Season 2
Mancunian factory floor comedy drama
About this season
Making Out is a British television series, shown by the BBC between 1989 and 1991. The series, created by Franc Roddam, written by Debbie Horsfield, mixed comedy and drama in its portrayal of the women who worked on the factory floor at New Lyne Electronics in Manchester, tackling the personal lives of the characters as well as wider issues of recession, redundancy and retrenchment as the factory goes through various crises and take-overs. The music for the series was composed by New Order. The main theme for the show is an adaptation of the song "Vanishing Point". There is a specific mix of this song called the Making Out Mix.
Episodes (8)
1. Series 2, Episode 1
Aired 6 March 1990 • 50 min
Rex is losing his grip on the business and his marriage to co-director Stella. Donna, heavily-pregnant, takes up natural childbirth classes, Pauline becomes very "grren" conscious, and Jill is having to cope with Husband Ray's new girlfriend. Norma spots severe discrepancies in the accounts and a dodgy stock of solvent spells trouble for the workers on the factory floor, especially Donna.
2. Series 2, Episode 2
Aired 13 March 1990 • 50 min
Rex has to face a disgruntled workforce when the company's wages account is grossly overdrawn, and Stella and Norma are forced into an unwilling alliance to salvage what they can with the VAT putting the pressure on. Queenie's husband Chyunky has a hare-brained idea for making money, and Jill has an embarrassing time at her daughter's 15th birthday party.
3. Series 2, Episode 3
Aired 20 March 1990 • 50 min
Rex.s departure leaves a legacy of chaos and a few regrets for Stella and the factory girls. Queenie tries to raise bailf for Chunky and Pauline voices her suspicions to Jill that Frankie is having an affair with his works secretary, Maureen.
4. Series 2, Episode 4
Aired 27 March 1990 • 50 min
Donna realises motherhood is not quite what she expected and shows signs of missing her workmates, while Jill tries to leave her past behind and goes out for a night on the town with Pauline.
5. Series 2, Episode 5
Aired 3 April 1990 • 50 min
Trouble at home for Pauline and Carol May.
6. Series 2, Episode 6
Aired 10 April 1990 • 50 min
If it's not last night's vindaloo, what's giving Queenie a belly ache?
7. Series 2, Episode 7
Aired 17 April 1990 • 50 min
What are Klepto and Simon doing on a scout's outing to Blackpool? There are strange encounters at the seaside for the girls of New Lyne Electronics.
8. Series 2, Episode 8
Aired 24 April 1990 • 50 min
Last in the series. Jill contemplates whether to marry her footballer boyfriend; Queenie is heavily pregnant; Carole May is back with her husband; and, the arrival of robot assembly machines causes a riot and hilarity.