First Aired: June 18th, 2009
Status: Continuing
Genre: Reality
Network: Channel 4
Summary: 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.
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Season 2
Episode 4: Paul Fisher, The Jockey Club
Air Date: August 5th, 2011
Summary: 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
Episode 5: Colin Drummond, Viridor
Air Date: August 12nd, 2011
Summary: 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.
Episode 8: Lucky Strike Lanes
Air Date: November 14th, 2010
Summary: Steven Foster, Co-Founder and CEO of Lucky Strike Lanes, one of the nation's largest chains of upscale bowling alleys, takes an emotional trip inside his own company where he hits the streets as a walking bowling pin to drum up business, experiences a heavy heart when interacting with his employees, and has a heavy hand when working the bar.
Episode 9: Subway
Air Date: November 21st, 2010
Summary: Don Fertman, the Chief Development Officer for Subway restaurants, one of the world's largest food franchises, goes undercover where he must learn the endless sandwich combinations while being trained by one of the toughest, no-nonsense employees ever
Episode 10: ABM Industries
Air Date: December 5th, 2010
Summary: The President and CEO of ABM Industries (Henrik Slipsager), one of the nation's largest facilities services contractors, offering janitorial, engineering, parking and security services for thousands of clients, takes a journey within his own corporation.
Episode 11: Johnny Rockets
Air Date: December 12nd, 2010
Summary: John Fuller, President and CEO of Johnny Rockets, one of the nation's largest chains of retro-themed restaurants, goes undercover to work in a restaurant for the first time in his career. During his undercover stint, he fails his first taste test when tasked with preparing one of the company's signature hamburgers, and also panics when he thinks his cover has been blown.
Episode 12: Norwegian Cruise Line
Air Date: January 2nd, 2011
Summary: Kevin Sheehan, President and CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, one of the world's largest cruise companies, finds himself in uncharted territory when he's asked to lead nearly 1,000 party-goers in a line dance, and is later forced to reveal his true identity.
Episode 13: UniFirst
Air Date: January 9th, 2011
Summary: Ronald Croatti, President and CEO of UniFirst, one of the nation's largest producers of workwear and uniforms, dons a "hippie" look during his undercover mission, where he finds himself struggling to keep pace with the fast-moving assembly line and is nearly injured while loading one of the company's industrial washing machines.
Episode 14: BELFOR
Air Date: January 16th, 2011
Summary: Sheldon Yellen, the CEO of BELFOR, the world's largest disaster restoration company, goes undercover and becomes frustrated while struggling to hang drywall at a construction site. Also, the boss unexpectedly reveals himself while working alongside an employee.
Episode 15: Mack Trucks
Air Date: February 20th, 2011
Summary: Denny Slagle, President and CEO of Mack Trucks, the second largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks in the world, goes undercover and accidently brings their plant's assembly line to sudden halt, and later discovers that rumors are circulating about Mack moving their operations to Mexico.
Episode 16: City Of Cincinnati
Air Date: March 6th, 2011
Summary: The mayor of Cincinnati, Mark Mallory, becomes the first elected official to go undercover as he trades in his key to the city for a stint as a municipal employee, working as a mechanic repairing public transportation vehicles and a sanitation worker whose job entails removing roadkill from the streets.
Episode 17: United Van Lines
Air Date: March 13rd, 2011
Summary: Rich McClure, the CEO of United Van Lines, the nation's largest moving company, asks his wife to assist him during one of his undercover jobs. Meanwhile, the boss' moving team fears he won't make it through the physically demanding task of wrapping, packing and loading an entire move.
Episode 18: Mgm Grand
Air Date: March 20th, 2011
Summary: Scott Sibella, President and COO of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, goes undercover within the walls of the second-largest hotel in the world and faces a group of rowdy gamblers who are quick to point out his shortcomings as a dealer. Meanwhile, the boss also becomes frustrated with the slowness of their computer system while attempting to check-in guests.
Episode 19: Synagro
Air Date: March 27th, 2011
Summary: Bill Massa, President and CEO of Synagro, the nation's largest waste water treatment corporation, goes undercover in the series' dirtiest mission to date where he finds himself cleaning a tank of 27-year-old sludge and also discovers a flaw that goes against one of the company's goals.
Episode 20: Baja Fresh
Air Date: April 10th, 2011
Summary: David Kim, CEO of Baja Fresh, one of the nation's largest restaurant chains, decides to take matters into his own hands when he encounters a problem at one of his stores. Meanwhile, upon returning from his emotional undercover mission, the boss delivers some shocking news to his boardroom.
Episode 21: BrightStar
Air Date: April 17th, 2011
Summary: Shelly Sun, the co-founder and CEO of BrightStar Care, one of the nation's fastest-growing providers of private healthcare, travels to the frontlines of her company, where she becomes overwhelmed while assisting a caregiver who's overseeing four toddlers. Also, when the boss' husband, her co-founding partner, joins her undercover, he discovers the game of Bingo is nothing to play around with.
Episode 22: University of California, Riverside
Air Date: May 1st, 2011
Summary: Tim White, the Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, is put to the test when his role as a teaching assistant is graded by more than 200 organic chemistry students. Later, his physical aptitude is under exam while working alongside the track team.
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