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COLLECTION · Series · 1973

Up The Workers

This comedy series offers a behind-the-scenes look at industrial relations and management-workers consultations, as they unfold at the Midlands factory of Cockers Components Ltd. The focus is on the interactions between managing director Dicky Bligh, shop steward Sid Stubbins, and labor relations officer Bernard Peck.

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* 0.0 (0)ComedyUnited Kingdom
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Creators
Lance Percival
Countries
United Kingdom
Studios
Associated Television
Runtime
30 min/ep
Release
04/09/1973
Score
0.0 / 10
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
8 episodes · 1973

Season 1 for the series consists of 1 pilot (1973) and seven episodes (1974).

Episode 1. Up the Workers
1973-09-04 · 30 min

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

Episode 2. Grapevine
1974-05-01 · 30 min

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

Episode 3. The Bullet Maker
1974-05-08 · 30 min

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…

Episode 4. Florence Nightingale
1974-05-15 · 30 min

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

Episode 5. Tea Break
1974-05-22 · 30 min

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

Episode 6. Made in Japan
1974-05-29 · 30 min

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

Episode 7. The Big Noise
1974-06-04 · 30 min

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.

Episode 8. Calm Before the Storm
1974-06-05 · 30 min

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…

Season 2
6 episodes · 1976

Season 2 consists of 6 episodes (1976).

Episode 1. Just the Job
1976-02-25 · 30 min

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

Episode 2. In the Money
1976-03-03 · 30 min

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…

Episode 3. A Royal Visit
1976-03-10 · 30 min

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

Episode 4. A Concrete Proposal
1976-03-31 · 30 min

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

Episode 5. A Fishy Business
1976-04-07 · 30 min

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

Episode 6. How to Succeed in Business
1976-04-14 · 30 min

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

Cast by season
Henry McGee
Henry McGee
Dicky Bligh
Lance Percival
Lance Percival
Bernard Peck
Ivor Dean
Ivor Dean
Sir Henry Carmichael
Dudley Sutton
Dudley Sutton
Bert Hamflitt
Charles Halton
Charles Halton
Mick Briggs
Norman Bird
Norman Bird
Sid Stubbins
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