Gerry's Big Decision - Series 1 (July 2009) [PDTV (XviD)] **FLOTW 26 August - 1 September**
Language: English
AVI | XviD 1133kbps | 624 x 368 25fps | MP3 128kbps | 1.14 GB
Genre: Reality-TV

In each episode, two British businesses whose futures hang precariously in the balance must persuade Gerry that they're potentially profitable, before he makes his big decision: which, if any, business to invest in.

Episode 1
Channel 4 – 2 July 2009

Early on in this new business reality series we're told that TV troubleshooter Gerry Robinson originally trained as a priest. He may be a mega-rich business guru now, but this biographical detail makes much more sense of his bearing. He listens to the owners of ailing businesses like a wise old father confessor, his pained face full of compassion at their fall from grace.

Tonight, he administers pastoral care to two small breweries that are weeks away from going under. If they sink, they'll drag down not only jobs, but the homes and life savings of their owners with them.

The brilliant twist is that Robinson isn't just offering advice, he's like a one-man Dragons' Den: if he thinks it's worth it, he'll invest his own cash in keeping one or both businesses afloat. So there's plenty at stake for those involved: families and livelihoods hang in the balance.

Episode 2
Channel 4 – 9 July 2009

Gerry Robinson's mission to help struggling companies is absolutely of the moment. Around the country, businesses are staring into the abyss, but at least the ones in this series get the benefit of Sir Gerry's laser-sharp advice, generally couched in the manner of a kindly but disappointed headmaster. And it's not just advice: he has money to invest, potentially, that would make the difference between bankruptcy and survival.

A lot hangs in the balance for tonight's two firms, a Devon pie-maker and Britain's oldest major chair manufacturer. The latter is sleepwalking towards the edge of a financial cliff with the chairman and MD at loggerheads and the fate of an entire Lancashire village on the line. Gerry has his work cut out - and a tough call to make: is either business worth saving? It's a hugely engaging programme with grown men in tears, clashing egos and big issues in the air to do with trust and denial. "They're heading for the rocks and hoping something will happen," observes Robinson. "What generally happens in those circumstances is that you hit the rocks."

Episode 3
Channel 4 – 16 July 2009

Gerry Robinson sizes up two more drowning businesses and decides whether to throw them a lifeline. Robinson brings fresh thinking and the possibility of a big cheque to two family firms: one a hotel chain with a father-and-son team at loggerheads, the other a string of department stores that may be about to close its doors for good.



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