Up the Workers
Nick Baker immerses himself in the working world, from open-plan offices to working from home, and from mad managers to even madder office perks and pranks.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔworker Nick Baker immerses himself in a study of work - from the hard at it, to the work shy. In his archive exploration, Nick enjoys a choice staffroom edition of King Street Junior and sympathises with a fellow who also works at home in Ed Reardon's Week.
Fascinating facts about offices of the future are revealed, along with the truth about working from home. And work as a form of madness is depicted in a series called You Don't Have to Work to be Mad Here. This features whimsical sackings (sometimes by answering machine message) and a careers adviser who hates her job so much she hides in a strange way.
Plus choice episodes from Kate Kellaway's History of Office Life - and Ricky Gervais reveals how his creation David Brent came to be.
Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra by Testbed Productions.
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- Sat 29 Mar 2014 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 29 Mar 2014 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 8 Aug 2015 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 8 Aug 2015 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 19 Aug 2017 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
- Sat 19 Aug 2017 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra