故事聚焦住在英国伦敦考文特花园的一对老同志弗雷迪（伊安·麦克莱恩 Ian McKellen 饰）和斯图尔特（德里克·雅各比 Derek Jacobi 饰），两人同居48年后斯图尔特仍然跟母亲报备说是室友关系。他们相遇的时候弗雷迪是新晋演员，斯图尔特是酒吧男侍。如今两人都开始领退休金了，遛狗读报看帅哥、床头吵架床尾和的夕阳生活仍然异常精彩。
英国ITV台推出的最新同志情景喜剧《极品基老伴》由两位托尼奖得主主演，经典喜剧《威尔与格蕾丝》和著名动画《恶搞之家》的编剧和幕后执行制片人操刀，讲述一对同志老伴的毒舌人生，未播出即备受瞩目。两位主演作为已公开出柜的英国老戏骨，参演影视作品和舞台剧无数，他们的默契和互动构成本剧最大的看点。

The Job Lot is set in a busy West Midlands Job Centre and focuses on the relationships between the people that work there and the people that don't work there, or anywhere else for that matter...
It's work, or the lack of it, that brings the characters together, and their relationships, or lack of them, around which the series revolves.

The Job Lot tells the story of neurotic Trish (Sarah Hadland) who runs the Brownall Job Centre aided by her staff, including reluctant and truculent Karl (Russell Tovey).

Joining them in the day-to-day madness is co-worker Angela (Jo Enright) - a woman so sour she could curdle milk, and plain speaking Danielle (Tamla Kari) who's just returned to work after giving birth.
Protecting the staff of the Brownall Job Centre are two security guards; diminutive Janette (Angela Curran) and her colleague, cheeky charmer, Paul (Martin Marquez). Their unique skills are unlikely to be tested if the Job Centre regulars such as Graham (Tony Maudsley) and Bryony (Sophie McShera) are the kind of 'customers' they have to contend with.
Never fear, as, Fraud Officer George (Adeel Akhtar) is on their case. A lone wolf who takes his under cover surveillance work very seriously.

根据世界级英裔美籍著名幽默作家P.G.Wodehouse的系列作品改编，编剧Clive Exton同时也是ITV拳头剧《大侦探波罗》(Poirot)系列的主力编剧。主演史蒂芬·弗莱(Stephen Fry)和休·劳瑞(Hugh Laurie)均为剑桥出身，与爱玛·汤普森(Emma Thompson)等当年同在剑桥Footlights表演俱乐部演出(Monty Python主要成员也出身于此)，两人均多才多艺，剑桥之后在电影、电视、广播领域长年合作。国内观众对这两位的印象可能主要来自Richard Curtis/Ben Elton编剧、罗温·艾金森(Rowan Atkinson)主演的《黑爵士》(Blackadder)系列。小说作者P.G. Wodehouse，通译沃德豪斯(1881-1975)，英国小说家和喜剧作家。以塑造“绅士中的绅士”Jeeves这一形象而闻名，1955年入美国籍。《万能管家》中的主角是迷迷糊糊的英国绅士Bertie Wooster （其实就是个250）和他的聪明机灵、花样百出的男仆Jeeves，几乎每一个故事都是由主人荒唐的行为转变成不可收拾的困境，但是最后总是由男仆出人意料的机智解决。

第一季的故事从 1912 到 1914 年第一次世界大战爆发。Grantham 的伯爵头衔及产业只能由男性继承人同时继承。现任伯爵 Robert 通过迎娶了极富有的 Cora 才让产业得救，同时她的巨额财产按照契约永久的成为伯爵资产
的一部分。没有子嗣的伯爵只能让侄儿 Patrick 成为法定继承人（即大女儿 Mary 的未婚夫）。可 Patrick 却在泰坦尼克号事故中丧生，而他们的远
房亲戚 Matthew 将继承他们的一切，包括伯爵夫人的个人巨额财产。围绕财产的继承问题，Mary 和 Matthew 的情感纠葛，Grantham 一家和
仆人们的关系，会发展会怎样的故事呢？

Paul Slippery (Hugh Laurie), a forty-something doctor, lives with his wife Estelle and three sex-obsessed sons Rory, Daniel and Edwin in the west London suburb of Putney. On top of coping with family pressures and a mid-life crisis, Paul discovers his unusual ability to hear other peoples' inner thoughts.

Episode one
The Earl of Manton and his family secure passage on the Titanic under a cloud of scandal surrounding his daughter, Georgiana. Meanwhile, there's tension between the English and American staff and crew man Jim Maloney attempts to smuggle his wife and children on board...

生活在伦敦的Amanda是跟我们一样的姑娘，沉闷的生活、沉闷的工作、日复一日的忍耐，只有沉浸在简奥斯汀的小说里她才能感受到如沐春风的怯意，而《傲慢与偏见》无疑是她最爱的一本。
当她在自己房间里发现了来自200年前的伊丽莎白，Amanda无法相信，这个小说里的女主人公竟然会穿越时光活生生地站在自己面前，而穿越的轨道竟然是自己家的洗衣机门！充满好奇的伊丽莎白对于现代世界同样感到兴趣，正如Amanda对那个优雅的19世纪充满景仰一样，Amanda通过那道门，走进了小说的世界。遇见了她烂熟于胸的人物，更发现她正处于小说的开端，与一直以来的梦中情人达西会面。
她会改变小说的走向吗？而留在21世纪的伊丽莎白恐怕也要面对适应的问题。