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''Clocking Off'' is a drama series that centres around the workers of a Manchester fabric factory. Each episode centres around a different character.

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!!This show provides examples of:

%% * BritishBrevity: There are four series, and none was longer than seven episodes.
* CrazyJealousGuy: Mac over Catherine and Alan goes through a period of being like this when he finds out his wife had an affair
%% * DirtyCoward: [[spoiler: Stuart]]
%% * DoggedNiceGuy: Barry
* DomesticAbuse: Yvonne's ex boyfriend, Yvonne to Jim though thats played for laughs and [[spoiler: Mac to Catherine as emotional never physical abuse]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Yvonne repeatedly punching Jim in a restaurant is played for comedy. Granted he had just insulted her children but still... This is even more jarring cause the same treated episode her last boyfriend punching her as serious drama.
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: Averted. Not as extreme as rape but sexual exploitation. When [[spoiler: Catherine]] starts a sexual relationship with KT who has a learning disability and the vulnerability of a child the other characters and call her sick
%% * DriventoSuicide: Frans sister
%% * HoneyTrap: [[spoiler: Tina]]
%% * HouseFire: Happens to Yvonne in episode 2.
* IKissYourFoot: Mack does this to his wife Catherine. It tells you everything you need to know about the dynamics in their marriage.
* {{Jerkass}}: Bev, Stuart, Kev and Susie (though they occasionally show sides of being JerkwithaHeartofGold)
* JerkassHasAPoint: Catherine may not be the nicest person in the world but when you hear her side of the story about her relationship with Mac its hard to disagree that he caused a lot of the problems in their marriage
%% * JerkAssWoobie: Catherine, Mark, Jenny and Freda
%% * JerkwithaHeartofGold: Kev and Susie sometimes
%% * KitchenSinkDrama: A modern take on the genre.
%% * MamaBear: Yvonne
* MoralityPet: Averted with KT and Colins brother Mark who both get exploited and abused. Arguably applies to Ronnie's wife Jess
%% * OopNorth: Set in Manchester.
%% * PapaWolf: Steve when he thinks Kev gave his son drugs
%% * RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Marks Story]]
%% * ReallyGetsAround: Catherine [=MacIntosh=]
%% * RichBitch: Mac's series 3 girlfriend Miranda borders on this
* StalkingisLove: Averted with Kim's stalking of the Robinson family and Freda's stalking of Pat. Neither are motivated by romantic or sexual feelings but by jealousy and revenge.
%% * {{Workaholic}}: Mack
* WorkCom: Actually somewhat averted. The characters all work in the same factory, but the stories are really about their personal lives, not about their jobs.