Trouble at the Top

    Season 9 2005

    • 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z on BBC Two
    • 40m
    • 3h 20m (5 episodes)
    • United Kingdom
    • English
    • Documentary
    Series following six high-powered bosses in their first year at the top of a new business.

    5 episodes

    Season Premiere

    2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

    9x01 Sainsbury's New Clothes

    Season Premiere

    9x01 Sainsbury's New Clothes

    • 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z40m

    Sainsbury's New Clothes. Sainsbury's trails Tesco and Asda in the race to be the nation's favourite supermarket. But it believes the £35bn clothing market offers them the chance to fight back. As launch day nears for over 1200 new garments, production problems are threatening to scupper the operation. Will Sainsbury's £100m gamble pay off

    2005-01-18T00:00:00Z

    9x02 Fighting the Pirates

    9x02 Fighting the Pirates

    • 2005-01-18T00:00:00Z40m

    Curt Stavis believes his low-cost ferry service across the English Channel is destined for success. What he hasn't bargained for are the worst summer storms for decades, breakdowns, bomb scares and the wrath of giant competitors facing losses as a result of slashed prices. Undaunted, Stavis has the slogan "Fight the Pirates" daubed on the side of his ship. Will SpeedFerries sink or swim? Producer Dan Child

    2005-01-25T00:00:00Z

    9x03 A Hard Day's Fight

    9x03 A Hard Day's Fight

    • 2005-01-25T00:00:00Z40m

    It seemed logical for the owners of Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club to branch out with a Beatles-themed hotel. But their attempted conversion of a crumbling office block brought little more than ten years of financial misery. Producer Alison Millar

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    9x04 Sperm Wars

    9x04 Sperm Wars

    • 2005-02-01T00:00:00Z40m

    The website ManNotlncluded.com matches women with sperm donors, but, because the sperm is fresh not frozen, it isn't regulated in the same way as conventional clinics. Its founder, John Gonzalez , has been criticised by lesbian groups - despite them being his target market - and investigated by tabloids. Now he wants to start a regulated clinic. But will he be welcomed by the establishment? Director Donna Sharpe

    2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

    9x05 Hey Jo

    9x05 Hey Jo

    • 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z40m

    Having made millions from British booze-cruisers, ex-market trader Dave West now has big plans for Hey Jo, a swanky Mayfair members' club named after his girlfriend Jo. But as work begins, their relationship falters.
    Producer Chester Dent

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