WorkinGirls

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WorkinGirls
Genre Comedy
Written byFrank Bellocq
Béatrice Fournera
Eve-Sophie Santerre
Karine Angeli
Directed bySylvain Fusée
Starring Claude Perron
Laurence Arné
Blanche Gardin
Vanessa David
Alice Belaïdi
Clémence Faure
Country of origin France
Original languageFrench
No. of series4
No. of episodes49
Production
ProducerGaëlle Cholet
Production location France
CinematographyMichel Hazard
EditorsAntoine Moreau
Gregory Lefevre
Running time13 minutes
Production companies Canal+
Gazelle & Cie
Release
Original network Canal+
Original releaseApril 19, 2012 (2012-04-19) - December 26, 2016 (2016-12-26)

Workingirls is a French television series, broadcast since April 19, 2012 on Canal +.

Contents

Premise

WorkinGirls describes the daily life of a company which employs six girls and which records their behaviour: Karine, the sadistic director, Nathalie, the mother with a large family, Helen, the psychologically disturbed, Deborah, the nymphomaniac, and Sophie and Sophie, the little Switchboard welcoming, very lazy.

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

The first season premiered on Canal+ on April 19, 2012. The season finale aired on May 10, 2012.

  1. Retour de couches
  2. Le label
  3. La grande famille
  4. L'anniversaire de Karine
  5. La conquête de l'Orient
  6. Bonnet C
  7. Élections internes
  8. Mon beau stagiaire
  9. La fusion
  10. Les parasites
  11. Panne de clim
  12. La journée de la secrétaire

Season 2 (2013)

The second season premiered on Canal+ on June 13, 2013. The season finale aired on July 4, 2013.

  1. Le Déménagement
  2. Deb in love
  3. La visite médicale
  4. Les Catherinettes
  5. Le plan de licenciement
  6. La nouvelle Nathalie
  7. Cost killer
  8. New management
  9. La grève
  10. L'âge de raison
  11. Lipdub
  12. La tour infernale

Season 3 (2014)

The third season premiered on Canal+ on February 20, 2014. The season finale aired on March 13, 2014.

  1. Le Suicide
  2. Cellule Psychologique
  3. Le Calendrier
  4. Tolérance Zéro
  5. La Rumeur
  6. La Saint-Valentin
  7. Stage de survie
  8. Reportage
  9. Le grand audit
  10. Restore Hope
  11. Les investisseurs Indiens
  12. This is la fin

Season 4 (2017)

The fourth season premiered on Canal+ on 2017. [1]

Accolades

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult
2013 International Emmy Awards Comedy Canal + Nominated

Home media release

Adaptations

Workingirls is freely adapted from a Dutch series, Toren C.

The series was adapted in Quebec under the title Complex G, and takes place in the Marie-Guyart Building (commonly called Complex G) in Quebec City. Filming takes place in spring 2014. [2]

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References

  1. "Workingirls : Une saison 4 aux urgences... Sans Blanche Gardin !".
  2. "Éditoriaux, opinions, lettres ouvertes, courrier des lecteurs".