About this season
Undercover Boss is a British reality television series. Each episode depicts a person who has a high management position at a major business, deciding to become undercover as an entry-level employee to discover the faults in the company. The first series, consisting of two episodes was aired in 2009 followed by a second series consisting of six episodes one year later. This original series sparked the Undercover Boss franchise. Localised versions of the show format are currently being produced in the United States, Australia, Germany and Canada and soon to be in Denmark, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands and Israel.
Episodes (7)
1. David Clarke, Best Western
Aired 15 July 2011 • 45 min
David Clarke, Chief Executive of mid-range hotel chain Best Western, goes on an undercover mission to examine the inner workings of his company, with mixed results
2. Tower Hamlets
Aired 22 July 2011 • 45 min
3. Marija Simovic, Harry Ramsden's
Aired 29 July 2011 • 45 min
Harry Ramsden's new CEO Marija Simovic goes undercover to find out more about the fish and chip chain, and to see how her company's fortunes might be turned around
4. Paul Fisher, The Jockey Club
Aired 5 August 2011 • 45 min
Paul Fisher is the boss of Jockey Club Racecourses, the largest and most successful organisation in the competitive world of British horseracing. He'll pose as Richard Setter, a new casual employee, who is trying out entry level jobs in the world of horse racing to find out how his company works from the bottom up. Strong language
5. Colin Drummond, Viridor
Aired 12 August 2011 • 45 min
Fifty-nine-year old Colin Drummond is chief executive of Viridor, one of Britain's largest recycling and waste management companies. Colin spends five days undercover as a new recruit called John Roy. By going undercover and seeing his business at the sharp end he believes he will learn valuable lessons about what his company is doing both right and wrong.
6. Crown Worldwide Group/Narin Ganesh
Aired 12 August 2011 • 45 min
7. Park Resorts Revisit
Aired 26 September 2011 • 45 min