Trouble at the Top

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Trouble at the Top
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series11
Production
Running time43–44 minutes
Original release
Network BBC 2
Release22 March 1997 (1997-03-22)

Trouble at the Top is a business-based BBC television fly on the wall documentary broadcast on BBC2. [1] [2] 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. [3] The series ran for 11 seasons from 1997 to 2007.

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. [4]

Trouble at the Top reportedly inspired TV producer Mark Burnett to make The Apprentice , which debuted in the US in 2004. [5]

A spin off four-part series, Trouble at the Big Top, followed developments at the Millennium Dome in a similar style.

References

  1. ↑ Dowd, Vincent (18 June 2013). "Kinky Boots inspiration comes out of the shadows". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "The real story behind those kinky boots". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ↑ "Trouble at the Top". Locate TV. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Dowd, Vincent (18 June 2013). "Kinky Boots inspiration comes out of the shadows". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  5. ↑ "How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success". The New Yorker . 27 December 2018.
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