Trouble at the Top, Series 3 (6 Parts)

Synopsis

Series following the personal struggles of business leaders who are confronted with difficult times.
1 (producer Michele Kurland): With the Northamptonshire family shoe manufacturing business failing, Steve Pateman convinced his father that thigh-length boots and high-heel shoes for men could save the busines.
2 (producer Mary FitzPatrick): the Condé Nest launch of a Russian edition of ‘Vogue’ magazine is fraught with disaster as the Russian government devalues the rouble.
3: Petra Doring, founder of costume jewellery firm Cabouchon, struggles to rebuild her company after it went bankrupt a year earlier. Her task involves retrieving a hostile sales force, creating a new catalogue and securing investment.
4 (producer Mary FitzPatrick): Brian Clivaz restore Home House, a decaying 18th-century mansion in the West End of London, as a privte club. Sixteen weeks before the opening, his chances of finding 1500 customers and opening on time look uncertain.
5: Broadcaster Johyn Myers launches a new commercial radio station in Manchester, with notorious politician Derek Hatton as a talk show host. Shows mounting tensions when the first set of official audience ratings is released.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 40 min.

Year of production

1999

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 2000 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series

Notes

Broadcast on BBC2 from 24/2/99.

Documentation

6: Shows events following a buy-out of the bankrupt Pierre Victoire restaurant chain in 1998 by a consortium led by Richard Willis and Simon Edwards.

Subjects

Business studies

Keywords

business firms

Credits

Producer

Mary FitzPatrick; Michele Kurland

Contributor

Robert Thirkell; Sue Bourne

Sections

Title

Kinky boot factory, The

Synopsis

1 (producer Michele Kurland): With the Northamptonshire family shoe manufacturing business failing, Steve Pateman convinced his father that thigh-length boots and high-heel shoes for men could save the busines.

Title

To Russia with Vogue

Synopsis

2 (producer Mary FitzPatrick): the Condé Nest launch of a Russian edition of 'Vogue' magazine is fraught with disaster as the Russian government devalues the rouble.

Title

Not the nice girl

Synopsis

3: Petra Doring, founder of costume jewellery firm Cabouchon, struggles to rebuild her company after it went bankrupt a year earlier. Her task involves retrieving a hostile sales force, creating a new catalogue and securing investment.

Title

Restoration comedy

Synopsis

4 (producer Mary FitzPatrick): Brian Clivaz restore Home House, a decaying 18th-century mansion in the West End of London, as a privte club. Sixteen weeks before the opening, his chances of finding 1500 customers and opening on time look uncertain.

Title

Degsy rides again

Synopsis

5: Broadcaster Johyn Myers launches a new commercial radio station in Manchester, with notorious politician Derek Hatton as a talk show host. Shows mounting tensions when the first set of official audience ratings is released.

Title

Too many cooks

Sponsor

Name

BBC Television

Distributor

Name

BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning

Contact

Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)

Email

BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com

Web

https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window

Phone

+44 (0) 20 8433 1009

Address

BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK

Notes

The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’