Up The Workers

In the middle of a heatwave, workers down tools because there is no factory heating.

Première diffusion : 4 septembre 1973

The greatest influence on top management comes from a shop floor apprentice, Mick.

Première diffusion : 1 mai 1974

Managing Director Dicky Bligh (Henry McGee) is going fishing, Bernard Peck (Lance Percival) is to attend his mother’s wedding (her second, he hastens to add), Sid Stubbins (Norman Bird) is off to London for a conference of his union's national executive and Bert Hamflitt (Dudley Sutton) is showing his prize marrow at the local women’s institute. That is until a ‘bullet maker’ in the guise of Fred Brewer (Derek Newark) puts a spanner in the works. He gives shop steward Sid Stubbins, his bullets to fire in the form of endless union demands, which must be thrashed out over the weekend.

Première diffusion : 8 mai 1974

Bert Hamflitt, the part-time medical assistant, feels his position is threatened when the company engage a trained nurse.

Première diffusion : 15 mai 1974

That ancient British tradition, “the tea break’ is the cause of a certain amount of industrial unrest.

Première diffusion : 22 mai 1974

Automation with its attendant problems has arrived at ‘Crockers Components, in the shape of a large crate from Japan.

Première diffusion : 29 mai 1974

The bone of contention between the management and workers of Cockers, is the unacceptable noise level on the factory floor, which has led to a ban on overtime.

Première diffusion : 4 juin 1974

Cockers’ Managing Director, Dicky Bligh, (Henry McGee) with yet another problem on his hands. For the first time in the company’s history, no-one has any grievances. A photographer is sent to take pictures of the happiest firm in the group for the company magazine. But it seems that no-one, wants to be associated with ‘contented Cockers.’

Première diffusion : 5 juin 1974

Return of the comedy series dealing with the scuffles between workers and management at a Midlands factory.

Première diffusion : 25 février 1976

In the second episode it seems that everyone is “in the money” except Labour Relations Officer Bernard Peck. All the staff have been awarded pay rises, including the two secretaries who are making plans for their forthcoming summer holidays. Managing Director Dicky Bligh has also been given a new car in appreciation of his services, by Sir Charles. Peck is being hounded by his bank manager and he decides to ask Bligh for a rise. All he gets is a key to the executive toilet and a surprise when he goes to use it. Having overheard one of the sales managers threaten to resign if he did not get a rise, and realising that this ploy might work, he immediately hands in his resignation, Bligh rubs his hands in glee. . .

Première diffusion : 3 mars 1976

Who will greet the special visitor to Cockers Components and in what order of precedence?

Première diffusion : 10 mars 1976

Bernard Peck finds himself lumbered with a concrete lorry—— which is no place to entertain a new girlfriend!

Première diffusion : 31 mars 1976

Shop steward Sid Stubbins' union business manages to upset Dicky Bligh's fishing weekend.

Première diffusion : 7 avril 1976

Fred Hamflitt decides to improve his station in life but holds out on the golf course.

Première diffusion : 14 avril 1976