About this season
Business guru Geoff Burch is on a mission to improve Britain's small shops by teaching them how to turn a profit and please their customers
Episodes (25)
1. Cardiff
Aired 21 October 2008 • 30 min
Geoff pounds the pavements of Cardiff's suburbs to underline the importance of marketing for small businesses. He meets a bridal shop owner who is a bit of a wallflower, a toy shop and cafe owner who has neglected to tell anyone he has opened up, and a pet shop owner who simply hates selling
2. Macclesfield
Aired 28 October 2008 • 30 min
Geoff doles out lessons in professionalism to three shops owners in Macclesfield. He meets an antique dealer who is feeling bit of a relic himself, a children's show shop owner whose obsessions with pink sparkly shoes is effecting her business and two arty sisters who can't translate their designs into profits.
3. Taunton
Aired 4 November 2008 • 30 min
Geoff is in Taunton getting to grips with the small shop owner's lack of professionalism. He tackles a florist who's hiding her best assets, a coffee shop owner who blows hot and cold, and a gift and joke shop owner whose sense of humour is affecting his profits.
4. Bristol
Aired 11 November 2008 • 30 min
Geoff casts his eye over three shops in Bristol. He visits a coffee shop combined with a second hand book store whose owner can't cope with more than a couple of customers at a time, a health store in need ofd a check up and a glass shop that doesn't reflect its owners passion for art.
5. Southsea
Aired 18 November 2008 • 30 min
Geoff descends on Southsea to remind small shop owners to keep their eye on the game. He meets a model shop owner drowning in old stock, a tailor failing to measure up, and a hairdresser whose business needs a brush up.
6. Nottingham
Aired 25 November 2008 • 30 min
Geoff visits Nottingham to help amateur retailers who've turned their passion into a business. He offers help to the owner of a costume hire business who's hiding her wares, a vintage guitar shop hitting the wrong note with its opening hours, and a specialist chocolate shop that despite its sweet appeal is getting only fair trade through the door.
7. Leicester
Aired 2 December 2008 • 30 min
Geoff gives Leicester's small shopkeepers a lesson in basic maths. A crusading crystal therapist, a serious cyclist and a campaigning children's bookshop owner all get the Burch treatment.
8. Leeds
Aired 9 December 2008 • 30 min
Geoff strives to go up-market in Leeds. He tackles a lack-lustre linen shop, a struggling apothecary and a cheap and cheerful costume jewellers.
9. Series 1, Show 9
Aired 16 January 1997 • 30 min
10. Series 1, Show 10
Aired 17 January 1997 • 30 min
11. Series 1, Show 11
Aired 20 January 1997 • 30 min
12. Series 1, Show 12
Aired 21 January 1997 • 30 min
13. Series 1, Show 13
Aired 22 January 1997 • 30 min
14. Series 1, Show 14
Aired 23 January 1997 • 30 min
15. Series 1, Show 15
Aired 24 January 1997 • 30 min
16. Series 1, Show 16
Aired 27 January 1997 • 30 min
17. Series 1, Show 17
Aired 28 January 1997 • 30 min
18. Series 1, Show 18
Aired 29 January 1997 • 30 min
19. Series 1, Show 19
Aired 30 January 1997 • 30 min
20. Series 1, Show 20
Aired 31 January 1997 • 30 min
21. Series 1, Show 21
Aired 3 February 1997 • 30 min
22. Series 1, Show 22
Aired 4 February 1997 • 30 min
23. Series 1, Show 23
Aired 5 February 1997 • 30 min
24. Series 1, Show 24
Aired 6 February 1997 • 30 min
25. Series 1, Show 25
Aired 7 February 1997 • 30 min