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Mancunian factory floor comedy drama
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.
Seasons
Episode 1
Series 3, Episode 1
50m
Things start to look up for the factory under Mr Kim's management. Meanwhile, Klepto prepares to go to Newcastle Uni, Queenie is eight months pregnant, and can Carol May keep her marriage together?
Episode 2
Series 3, Episode 2
50m
Queenie and Rosie prepare for motherhood.
Episode 3
Series 3, Episode 3
50m
Donna is getting worried about her husband Gordon's mystical union with Willow, and Queenie advises her to give him a taste of his own medicine. Jill is finding life difficlt, and her two children seem to be drifting into their own worlds. Bernie and Carol May have taken up Norma's offer of a partnershipin the company, but Carol May's previous workmates are increasingly hostile to her new management status. Frankie attempts to get romantic with Pauline.
Episode 4
Series 3, Episode 4
50m
Carol May's husband Colin switches obsessions from fish to dance in one pirouette, while Queenie's long-lost teenage son turns up on the doorstep.
Episode 5
Series 3, Episode 5
50m
Carol May suffers from husband Colin's irrational behaviour and violent outbursts, and Norma reveals that she has given up men. Pauline is coming to terms with her breast cancer, and Queenie and Donna are back at work, with Bernie running the new creche, much to Norma's horror. Jill tries to sort out her own domestic life with Swedish tennis coach Axel and deal with her 16 year old daughter's request to marry a young Asian businessman.
Episode 6
Series 3, Episode 6
50m
Pauline is still going through chemotherapy and the girls arrange a night out for her in a club. Queenie is worried about telling Chunky the truth about their new lodger Tyrone, her long-lost son from a previous relationship. Donna is worried about husband Gordon taking baby Jessica away "to nurture her psychic core", while Queenie gives her some sound advice about Gordon and his relationship with Willow.
Episode 7
Series 3, Episode 7
50m
Pauline is still going through chemotherapy and the girls arrange a night out for her in a club. Queenie is worried about telling Chunky the truth about their new lodger Tyrone, her long-lost son from a previous relationship. Donna is worried about husband Gordon taking baby Jessica away "to nurture her psychic core", while Queenie gives her some sound advice about Gordon and his relationship with Willow.
Episode 8Latest episode
Series 3, Episode 8
50m
Pauline is battling with her illness and, with the support of her colleagues, is determined to live as normal a life as possible. The chance to take part in the dance team is one she will not pass up, especially as Tommy Docherty is awarding the £2,000 prize. Queenie, is still struggling to admit the truth about her long-lost son- the child she had at 16. Carol May has won a three-year order worth £450,000 to the company, and is facing up to the reality of her husband Colin's breakdown and his return home. Norma is torn between her career and her girlfriend Trina, who is moving to London. Gordon is moving back with Donna, while Jill abandons her Swedish tennis ace for a more settled existence.
