applicants. Harvey-Jones would nominally only have access to any published accounts, management provided plans, and any items of press and media that could be found, before engaging the company. The period of consultation was given over a period of at least three months per company, resulting in the third series requiring Harvey-Jones to have reserved dates in his diary for 50weeks of the year: the major reason he gave up the programme, to concentrate on his charitable activities and family. The original six show proved so popular, that Harvey-Jones was contractually engaged for a second series of six show, and signed on to a further three series of seven shows each - the maximum Harvey-Jones would agree to sign-on for. Harvey-Jones style At its peak, Troubleshooter gained 3million viewers per episode. This was in great part for Harvey-Jones personable, frank and straightforward style, with judgements given through his own manic cackling style: You are being killed by slow strangulation The situation is barmy and intolerable It is possible to break through but only if you charge the guns Organisations featured included Morgan Motor Company, Copella apple juice and Triang toys, where Harvey-Jones put his finger on the problems they faced or in some cases had created, and pointed the way to success. Sometimes they followed his advice, such as at Copella, and sometimes, notably at Morgan, he was met with absolute resistance. Businesses and organisations featured Series 1 Apricot Computers Churchill China Copella Fruit Juices Morgan Motor Company Shropshire Health Authority Tri-ang toys Series 2 Bradford Hospitals Trust Charles Letts Double Two (Wakefield Shirt Group) Norton Motorcycles South Yorkshire Police Tolly Cobbold Publications I’ll Show Them Who’s Boss! Trying to revive the series in light of the rise of reality television, in 2004 the BBC engaged former Allied-Domecq CEO Gerry Robinson. In deference to Harvey-Jones, Robinson insisted that the show be given a different name, which was agreed on as I'll Show Them Who's Boss. Now co-produced by the Open University. The concept was that he'd go into struggling businesses and try to turn them round through advice and mentoring. References Similar programmes Badger or Bust Mary Queen of Shops Gordon Ramsay's series Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, Kitchen Nightmares and Hotel Hell Get Your Act Together with Harvey Goldsmith'' External links BBC Television shows 1990 British television series debuts 1993 British television series endings 1990s British reality television series