Pity the Fool

The Smoking Room, series two, episode five. First aired 23/08/05 BBC THREE

Who doesn't love enforced jollity?

Its April Fool's Day and despite Sharon's protestations, Head Office have given instructions that the occasion should be marked with suitable practical jokes to boost staff morale.

Janet has been issued with a box of 'amusing' props to distribute around the building, but the smokers are having none of it - for once most of them share Sharon's viewpoint on this pointless enterprise.

Talk instead turns to the cruel jokes life plays on you, and the general mood isn't improved when Clint arrives, uncharacteristically down at heart and stubbornly refusing to share the source of his woes with his friends.

Inside Lilian's bag
A small Edwardian china figure, a corkscrew, a rape alarm, a squeaky rubber bone, a fabric flower for her hair, some tissues and perhaps some cleanser.

Meanwhile, Robin and Len fall for a couple of particularly obvious practical jokes.

Clint's feminine side...

If Clint were a transvestite, he'd call himself something classy, like Jamilla.

Robin gives Clint some considered advice...