Mandy discovers the sofa of her dreams, but it's way out of her price range, so she turns to a succession of get rich quick schemes to fund it.

Guest stars: Gbemisola Ikumelo (Shola), Carol Decker (herself), Rick Edwards (himself)

Mandy's employment adviser finds her a job in a banana processing factory. It seems simple enough, but chaos soon follows.

Mandy is determined to win a line dancing endurance challenge, but unfortunately her former friend turned adversary, Susan Blower, has the same idea. Mandy and Lola turn to voodoo in an attempt to stop her.

Guest star: Maxine Peake (Susan Blower)

When Mandy advertises her spare room on Airbnb, she finds herself playing host to a taciturn Russian man. Romance ensues, but it's not without its problems: he's an assassin being hunted by MI6, and she's still married to Shaun Ryder.

Guest stars: Tony Way (Sergei), Shaun Ryder (himself).

Mandy is fired from her latest job in a sushi restaurant, but befriends one of the diners. Meanwhile Lola is seeking something to bring customers to the salon, so Mandy suggests fish pedicures.

Guest star: Sean Lock (Geoff). This was Lock's last performance before his death in August 2021.

Mandy goes on a health kick by quitting smoking, eating more protein, and getting active by offering her services as a dog walker, a combination with unforeseen consequences.

Guest stars: David Bradley (Frank), Jackie Clune (Nurse)

An old associate ropes in Mandy to act as lookout for a robbery, but when Mandy falls asleep on the job, she ends up being buried alive.

Guest stars: Natalie Cassidy (Donna Ball), Iain Lee (himself)

Mandy contemplates the true meaning of Christmas, and whether anyone actually likes eating turkey.

Guest stars: Jo Hartley (Mandy's Mum), Neil Edmond (Mandy's Dad), Johnny Vegas (Ghost of Christmas Past), Pearce Quigley (Ghost of Christmas Present) and John Cooper Clarke (Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come).^[5]

Unpleasantness comes in many different forms, but the unpleasantness at Brampton Hall, a stately home and Mandy's latest workplace, is like none other.

Guest stars: Jackie Clune (Mrs. Anderson)

Mandy's job as a cleaner leads to an unexpected role in an episode of a new TV show, Who Are You, Do You Think?.

Guest stars: Deborah Meaden (herself), Charlie Chuck (Uncle Charlie)

Lola wins a holiday on a fancy cruise across the sea, but it's only for one. But that won't stop Mandy from having a vacation too.

Guest stars: Kate Robbins (Joan MacDonald), Nigel Planer (Captain), Roger Sloman (The Purser)

Mandy finds herself the face of the next frontier of space exploration: a one-way journey to Mars.

Guest stars: Peter McDonald (Dr. Gould), Anna Maxwell Martin (Eva), Konnie Huq (herself)

A cushy job down the sewers yields some unexpected training and an extraordinary first day for Mandy.

Guest stars: Alexei Sayle (Darren Dugdale), Tom Courtenay (Engineer Woodcock)

Believing she's been cursed by a traveller, and is being hunted by a leather-clad man on a motorbike, Mandy prepares for a frozen future.

Guest stars: Jo Hartley (Heather seller), Neil Edmond (Reporter), Nick Mohammed (Future Doctor), Brian Cox (himself)

Some surgical modifications enable Mandy to work as an air hostess, where airborne scratchcards turn out to be the least of her worries.

Guest stars: Nathan Foad (Kenny), Lucia Keskin (Shona) and Paul Ready (Cooper)

A job protecting a very old tree from climbing children takes Mandy's career in an unexpectedly violent direction.

Guest stars: Miles Chapman (Mr Taupe), Robbie Gee (Mr Beige) and Graham Norton (himself)

Can Psychic Pauline help Mandy to lay the (snooker-playing) ghosts of her past to rest?

Guest stars: Beverley Callard (Psychic Pauline), Jackie Clune (Assistant) and Sean Burke (Alex "Hurricane" Higgins)

Mandy's odd jobs fixing the roof of the local church lead her into direct conflict with the local bird life.

Guest stars: Ben Green (Vicar), Michaela Strachan (herself), and Aled Jones (himself)

Mandy's 110-year-old relative buys a baby on the dark web, with life-threatening consequences.

After some near-misses at a biscuit factory and an abattoir, Mandy decides the only way to enhance her career prospects is to improve her social status.

Guest stars: Linda Lusardi (herself) and Alan Yentob (himself)