Troubleshooter (TV series)

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Troubleshooter was a British reality television series, produced and broadcast by the BBC from 27 March 1990. It was hosted by Sir John Harvey-Jones, formerly of ICI, who visited and advised struggling UK businesses.^[1]

The series won a BAFTA, and made Harvey-Jones "the most famous industrialist since Isambard Kingdom Brunel".^[2]

The greatest achievement of the Troubleshooter was to make business management a popular discussion subject in the homes of millions of British people, and to provide a role model for people wanting to enter business.^[3]

A follow-up series titled Troubleshooter – Back in Business aired in 2000 and saw Sir John return to companies featured in the original series from a decade before. In that time there had been a number of changes. Tri-ang Toys had been unable to turn its fortunes around and its UK factory had been demolished. The Morgan Motor Company, where previously Sir John had encountered great resistance, had in fact made many of the changes he suggested.^{[citation needed]}