Trouble at the Top
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Trouble at the Top | |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 11 |
Production | |
Running time | 43–44 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | BBC 2 |
Original release | 22 March 1997 |
Trouble at the Top was 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 even pop group Bucks Fizz.[3] The series ran for 11 seasons from 1997 to 2007 and helped inspire the 2005 movie Kinky Boots. Trouble at the Top also reportedly inspired TV producer Mark Burnett to make "The Apprentice" which debuted in the USA in 2004. [4]
A spin off four-part series, , followed developments at the Millennium Dome in a similar style.
References[]
- ^ Dowd, Vincent (18 June 2013). "Kinky Boots inspiration comes out of the shadows". BBC News. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "The real story behind those kinky boots". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 6 October 2005. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Trouble at the Top". Locate TV. Archived from the original on 22 June 2015.
- ^ "How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success". The New Yorker. 27 December 2018.
External links[]
- 1997 British television series debuts
- 2000s British television series
- 2010s British television series
- BBC television documentaries
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