This is my page for testing articles.

Yesterday's Jam

Template:Infobox UK Television Episode "Yesterday's Jam" is the first episode of the first series of the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd. It first aired on February 3, 2006. It features the first appearences of Roy, Moss, Jen and Denholm.

Synopsis

Denholm, owner of Reynholm Industries, recruits a new worker called Jen who he makes head of the IT Department. Down in the basement, the IT guys aren't too happy to hear about this...

Plot

Denholm is interviewing Jen for a job at Reynholm Industries. She has posted a CV with false information explaining she specialises in working with computers. She says she has knowledge of things such as e-mails and surfing the internet. Convinced she knows her stuff, Denholm makes her head of the IT Department. Jen asks what the people are like who she'll be working with, to which Denholm exclaims; "STANDARD NERDS!"

In the basement, Roy finishes a coffee and turns on his recorded advice message to the people calling from the above floors; "Have you tried turning it on and off again?" and "Is it plugged in?" This in fact works. Moss meanwhile gives a thorough and complicated description of the problem and what must be done, but the other person hangs up.

Arriving downstairs, Jen discovers the basement is nearly abandoned and has very low standards after seeing a man on the toilet. encounters Roy and Moss. Roy is pretending to act posh (to impress Jen) but his false act is ruined by Moss who does not understand what Roy is doing. Discovering she is the new manager, Roy and Moss soon realise she knows nothing about computers at all and they wait for Jen to slip up.

After catching Jen pretending to type, Roy and Moss decide to report her to Denholm. Roy, Moss and Jen make their way upstairs and prepare to tell on her, but change their minds after hearing Denholm firing Floor 4 for not working as a team, (as well as the security guards as they cannot work as a team either). Roy and Jen cover up the real meaning of the visit, with Roy commenting that they had installed voice activation on Denholm's computer. Denholm begins to try out his 'revamped' computer.

Down in the basement, Roy is attacked by a female worker from an above floor who beats him with a shoe, to which Jen manages to stop, without realising. Moss is shocked and comments how well she handled the situation. Jen realises she can be useful in the department, as the relationship manager.

Jen tries to help Roy and Moss give the IT Department a better social status, and they throw a party inviting everyone else at Reynholm Industries to come along.

The party soon gets into fall swing, with a group of women commenting on how hilarious Roy is. Moss walks in, and Roy asks him to tell everyone about the 'really funny incident in Amsterdam'. Moss is surprised by this, and as Roy walks out the room, Moss begins telling the story. The crowd are shocked by hearing of how Roy and Moss hired prostitutes during their holiday in Amsterdam. They were too scared to do anything with the prostitutes so they took them to the fairground and Moss finishes by commenting on what a fun time it was. Roy walks in and too his horror discovers Moss didn't tell the story of how he lost his glasses in Amsterdam, but the story about the prostitutes. The party is ruined, and Roy lunges at Moss.

Later on, Jen comments that the department has no chance of getting any social status. Roy and Moss meanwhile reflect on their holiday in Amsterdam and how much fun it was.

Upstairs, Denholm is yelling at the computer to start up, still not having figured out there is no voice activation...

Trivia

Another co-worker appears in two scenes; on the toilet and giving moss the new Harry Potter book. He is not seen again after this episode.
This episode features Moss recieving the 'new Harry Potter book', he gets both the children's and adult's versions to make sure there are no differences in the text.

Calamity Jen

Template:Infobox UK Television Episode "Calamity Jen" is the second episode of the first series of the Channel 4 sitcom The IT Crowd. It first aired on February 10, 2006.

Synopsis

Jen finds her dream pair of shoes, but they're too small. Meanwhile, Denholm declares war on stress.

Plot

Jen spots a pair of red shoes on her way to work, which she stops to stare at.

In the basement Moss is watching an advert for the new UK emergency phone number '999'; '0118 999 881 999 119 725 3'. The advert explains that the service is being upgraded with 'better looking drivers'. Moss believes the number is rather easy to remember, reciting the song of the new number. Jen suddenly walks in, muttering about the shoes and how she can't have them (especially as they're too small). Roy announces that Denholm is holding a talk upstairs, to which Moss complains that Denholm will probably declare war on something.

Upstairs, Denholm announces he's declaring war - on stress. He asks people how to combat stress, yet declares he is the answer. Jen's mind has drifted off and she glances at the exit, and she leaves. Denholm announces there will be a stress course for combatting stress and asks if anyone will go, he adds that there will be a free buffet to which everyone raises their hand. He then adds that anyone stressed at the end of the day, "WILL BE FIRED!"

At the shoe shop, Jen finally manages to get the shoe on after a half an hour effort despite them being three sizes to small.

The stress course has just begun, and Dr. Julian Holmes is talking about stress. He is disturbed by Roy who enters late, with Moss and they cause a great disturbance as they try to get seats. Holmes uses a stress machine to show how easy it is to become stressed, and how he would become stressed easily earlier in life. Roy scares a woman who is using the stress machine by jumping out on her, and Holmes finally loses his temper as Roy and Moss bother him for goes on the stress machine.

In the basement, Moss has built his own stress machine which he is testing on himself. Jen enters and parades her new shoes around but Roy and Moss do not notice to her anger. She removes the shoes and discovers to her horror that her feet are mangled. Roy warns Moss about turning off the machinery in the office because it will cause a fire. Moss sees the machine is off, turns it on, and walks away (having mixed up what Roy told him to do).

Jen meets the nurse who tells Jen she will have to go barefoot for the rest of the day. This results in the new foreign business partner (who Denholm's cultural advisor Paul has given a pair of Doc Martins) jumping on Jen's foot. She screams and yells at the man who leaves. Jen apologises to Denholm, who announces he will visit Jen downstairs.

Roy meets Dr. Julian Holmes who he annoys more and gets into a fight with, this results in Roy running off with the stress machine.

Moss has started a fire, and forgets the new emergency phone number and the fire extinguisher does not work; it's made in Britain. Moss e-mails the fire brigade and sits back and relaxes. Roy arrives along with Jen who are both horrified by the fire despite Moss' reassurance. With Denholm on his way down, Moss and Roy hide the stolen stress machine (which Moss fears will send him and Roy to prison) in Jen's office and cover the fire with an old computer monitor. Roy tries to help Jen get her shoes back on and gets impaled by them. Denholm arrives and tests Jen's stress level with the stolen stress machine which he finds, Jen doesn't appear to be stressed as the machine is broken; it was made in Britain. Roy passes out from loss of blood, Jen passes out from stress, and Moss is knocked out by the fire brigade who bash the door down.

Trivia

The spoof TV commercial announcing the emergency phone number has changed from '999' to '0118 999 881 999 119 725 3' is a reference to the 2003 change of Directory enquiries from simply '192' to various six digit numbers beginning '118'.