Back to the Floor, Series 4 (8 Parts)

Synopsis

Series in which top managers spend a week on the shop floors of their companies.

Series

Back to the Floor, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 8 x 30 min.

Year of production

2000

Availability

Sale; 2001 sale: £300.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 from 1/11/00.

Subjects

Business studies

Keywords

management of change; management skills

Credits

Producer

Hugh Dehn

Contributor

Robert Thirkell

Sections

Title

400 weddings and a...

Synopsis

1: Steve Garley, managing director of holiday resort company Sandals, is horrified at what he learns when he spends a week as a trainee wedding co-ordinator on the Caribbean island of Antigua.

Title

Behind bars

Synopsis

2: Director General of Her Majesty's Prison Service, Martin Narey, is embarrassed and horrified by the conditions he finds during a week as a prison officer at Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight.

Title

Bin man

Synopsis

3: Tom Riall, managing director of waste-disposal company Onyx, which holds the prestigious but loss-making Westminster contract, takes to the streets to find maggot-covered refuse, a badly demoralised workforce and equipment in poor condition. Can he mot

Title

Musseling in

Synopsis

4: Luke Johnson, chairman of Belgo Group, spends a week working as a waiter at his flagship restaurant Belgo in London's Covent Garden.

Title

Working girl

Synopsis

5: Jacqueline Gold, chief executive of the Ann Summers group, works on the factory floor stitching bras and as a salesperson demonstrating the firms sex products at home parties.

Title

Changing homes

Synopsis

6: Sir Neville Simms, Chief Executive of Carillion home builders, works for a week refurbishing council houses on a run-down Birmingham estate, but during the week he also meets the Queen at the opening of Tate Modern in London.

Title

Into the lion’s den

Synopsis

7: Chairman of Millwall football club Theo Paphitis goes back to the floor to server burgers to rival fans, mop up after vandals and try to persuade his players to pay for their breakfasts.

Title

What’s in store

Synopsis

8: House of Fraser's chief executive John Coleman goes to work as a sales assistant in his Oxford Street, London, department store during the final hectic weeks of its £20m pre-Christmas refit.

Production Company

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

2 Entertain Video

Email

DVDenquiryline@bbc.com

Web

http://www.2entertainvideo.co.uk/ External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7612 3000

Fax

020 7612 3003

Address

BBC Worldwide
33 Foley Street
London
W1W 7TL

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