[1] The series won a BAFTA, and made Harvey-Jones "the most famous industrialist since Isambard Kingdom Brunel".
The Morgan Motor Company, where previously Sir John had encountered great resistance, had in fact made many of the changes he suggested.
This was in part for the quality of consultation that Harvey-Jones gave, but also for the publicity, which often resulted in an immediate revival for the company through increased sales.
Harvey-Jones would nominally only have access to any published accounts, management provided plans, and any items of press and media that could be found, before engaging the company.
[5] Organisations featured included Morgan Motor Company, Copella apple juice and Tri-ang toys,[6] where Harvey-Jones put his finger on the problems they faced or in some cases had created, and pointed the way to success.