Episode #1.1

The Glass was John Thaw's final series before his death from cancer. He was only 60.

On paper The Glass was meant to be a cross between Dynasty and Glengarry Glen Ross.

Thaw plays Jim Proctor. He runs a successful double glazing company. He gives seminars on salesmanship to packed out audiences.

Each month the salespeople's figures are publicly announced in the firm's offices. There is no hiding place for the losers. The top salespeople get lauded and rewarded. It is cutthroat.

Proctor has a younger girlfriend. Carol Parker (Sarah Lancashire) is also a saleswoman at the firm. However Jim wants to retire, he wants to sell out.

Jim wants to groom his nephew Paul Duggan (Joe McFadden) to take over the firm. Only he is a young man who was a bartender in New York. Can he really manage a double glazing firm. Jim plans to teach him the ropes.

Paul's arrival causes him to flirt with Carol, she already pranked into his car.

The sales action bits were good. The soapy bits were dismal. It was predictable and bad, such as Carol getting the wrong end of the stick when Jim is trying to propose to her.