No Job for a Lady - Episode Guide

Jean Price, new MP in the Labour Party, learns the ropes of working in government.

With the desire to really accomplish something positive, Jean breaks with tradition in her maiden speech to the House of Commons and then faces the consequences. 

Jean learns there are many ways to bring a bill before the House--and many ways for Parliament to stand in the way of progress. 

While trying to confirm that nuclear waste is being transported through her constituency, Jean confronts a series of dead ends. 

After joining a Parliamentary committee, Jean learns valuable lessons about double-crossing and the power of the press. 

Jean gets into trouble when she uses a confidential document to counter an opposition member's proposals for health-care reform. 

Both Jean and another MP want a local news agent to stop selling offensive magazines, but they can't quite agree on what "offensive" means. 

Trying to make a point about the drug problem in her constituency, Jean acts impetuously and the police come calling. 

When one of Jean's constituents insists that he was wrongly imprisoned, Jean campaigns for his release.

As two of Jean's constituents are about to be deported, she goes to bat for both despite her doubts about one. 

Rumours about cabinet seats becoming vacant, and about an MP having an affair. 

Taking a stand on national defense, Jean withholds the portion of her income tax designed for nuclear weapons. 

In order to draw attention to the plight of the homeless, Jean encourages her fellow MPs to join her in a sleep-out on the chilly Thames embankment. 

Drawn into a battle over a child custody case, Jean questions her assumptions about manly and womanly behavior.

A vote to raise salaries in Parliament leads to a contest between Jean and a wealthy opposition member. 

When constituents ask Jean for help with dire medical problems, she gets social services to act, but the results are not what she expected. 

Disturbed by leaks and rumors, Jean challenges the traditional lobby system of issuing statements to the press.