Trinaestogodišnji Sam Cleary sumnja da je njegov misteriozni povučeni susjed gospodin Smith zapravo legendarni samaritanski osvetnik, koji je navodno umro prije 20 godina. S porastom kriminala i gradom na rubu kaosa, Sam sebi daje za zadatak uvjeriti svog susjeda da se prestane skrivati kako bi spasio grad od propasti.
U propalom gradiću u Nevadi zatvorena je tvornica građevinskog materijala, stara 88 godina, jedina koja je gradić održavala na rubu sirotinjske zabiti. Tisuće je radnika ostalo bez primanja, a gradić je izgubio poštansku oznaku, što će reći da je svrstan u red gradova duhova. Šezdesetogodišnja Fern, koja je do tada radila u tvornici, kreće u nepoznato. Kombi je njezin dom, a ona se svrstava u moderne nomade koji lutaju opustjelim dijelovima zemlje, snalazeći se kako može, obavljajući uzgredne poslove kako se ne bi potonulo do dna.
Korporativni ambiciozni poduzetnik Dick (Jim Carrey) promoviran je na najbolje mjesto vezano uz komunikacije u velikoj korporaciji Globodyne. No nedugo zatim Dick postaje dio korporativnog skandala i u trenu gubi sve što je mislio da posjeduje. Da bi stvari bile gore, kada dolazi kući reći to svojoj ženi Jane (Téa Leoni), ona će mu reći da je dala otkaz na poslu. Bez ikakvih prihoda i ušteđevine, sa sinom (Aaron Michael Drozin) kojeg treba prehraniti i s dugom koji sve više raste, Dick i Jane odlučuju se na kriminal kako bi se vratili u igru.
Murphy u filmu igra Charliea Hintona, marketinškog eksperta koji radi loše odrađenog posla ostaje na ulici zajedno sa njaboljim prijateljem Philom. Njegova supruga Kim radi kao advokat, a Charlie ostaje kući sa sinom Benom i iznenada dobija ideju da otvori Centar za dnevnu brigu o djeci pošto više jednostavno ne može priuštiti moderni vrtić koga u susjedstvu vodi čelična direktorica, Miss Harridan. Nova škola odmah postiže veliki uspjeh i u školi Miss Harridan počinju se pojavljivati prazna mjesta. Ubrzo partneri unajmljuju asistenta Marvina koji ima sumnjivu prošlost. Tada Miss Harridan lansira protunapad a Charlieu ostaje borba za očuvanje svog novog posla putem kojeg ostvaruje vezu sa vlastitim sinom...
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
The daily troubles of the people who work in a busy West Midlands Job Centre, and the people who don’t work there, or anywhere else for that matter.
Alan Bleasdale's five-part series relates the further experiences of unemployed Liverpudlian tarmac layers Dixie, Chrissie, Loggo and Yosser, and their revered older friend, retired longshoreman and union leader, George Malone. As they struggle to make ends meet in a depressed economy, and to hold together their financially battered families, they are harrassed by the petty bureaucrats of the DHSS. But the lumbering investigational juggernaut is, both comically and tragically, guided by drivers with only a provisional license.
Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life.
Calucci's Department is an American television sitcom broadcast by CBS on Friday at 8:00pm Eastern Time. It premiered on September 14, 1973 and, after struggling to compete in the ratings against Sanford and Son on NBC, was cancelled after the December 28 episode. The series focused on Joe Calucci, the supervisor of a New York City unemployment office. His day was spent dealing with a disparate group of claimants, the petty squabbles among the members of his staff, the frustrations of governmental red tape, and his infatuation with his secretary Shirley.
Four famous volunteers agree to swap their fame and fortune for a world of joblessness, job-hunting and surviving on the poverty line and benefits
