Common As Muck

Common As Muck was a comedy drama serial made by the BBC about the lives of a crew of binmen; it ran for two series. The first series concentrated on the trials and tribulations of a team of bin men through a number of politically motivated moves by the local council to privatise the refuse collection of the fictional town in which the series is set. The main characters are pitched against the corrupt council leaders and are seen to be taken over by a contractor and ultimately triumphing over an increasingly corrupt management. The first series featured Tim Healy, whose character died in the... penultimate episode and therefore did not appear in the second series. 7 September 1994 14 September 1994 21 September 1994 28 September 1994 5 October 1994 12 October 1994 The focus of the second series shifted away from the refuse disposal theme, with the opening episode showing the main characters being made redundant; subsequent episodes followed the lives of the characters, showing them experimenting with a number of different jobs including window cleaners, painters and decorators and in the case of Nev Smith coping with retirement after serving 45 years on the bins.
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