Trouble at the Top (1997)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

2 seasons, 1 episode

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode shows a half-hour look at a business in the middle of a problem or disagreement. The series covers large companies and private ventures, and sometimes features celebrities like Gordon Ramsay or pop groups.

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What happens

Trouble at the Top is a business-based BBC television fly on the wall documentary broadcast on BBC2. The series focussed on business failings or disputes between business people. Mainly the series depicted half-hour documentaries on large businesses such as Sainsbury's or privately owned ventures. It also featured a number of celebrity-based editions such as Chef Gordon Ramsay, supermodel Jodie Kidd and pop group Bucks Fizz. The series ran for nine seasons from 8 January 1997 to 8 February 2005. The 2005 movie Kinky Boots was inspired by an episode about W.J. Brooks Ltd, a family-controlled Earls Barton, Northamptonshire shoe factory whose 'Divine' product line consisted of traditionally feminine footwear marketed towards men. Trouble at the Top reportedly inspired TV producer Mark Burnett to make The Apprentice, which debuted in the US in 2004. A spin off four-part series, Trouble at the Big Top, followed developments at the Millennium Dome in a similar style. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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