Flatpack Empire is a British documentary television series that was first broadcast on BBC Two between 6 and 20 February 2018.
The three-part series goes behind the scenes of the world's largest and best-known furniture retailer, IKEA[1][2][3][4] with narrator Olivia Colman.
The series was commissioned by Patrick Holland, Controller, BBC Two, and Jamie Balment, Commissioning Editor, BBC Documentaries.
[6] The series explores the "distinctly Swedish philosophy behind the company’s extraordinary cultural influence and commercial success".
[5] The Daily Telegraph described the documentary as "gloomy"[7] and The Guardian describing the culture shown in IKEA as "less like a furniture shop and more like a flatpack cult".