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The Peter Principle

30m2 SeasonsTMDb 8.0

Comedy

EnglishEnded

1 · Sex Lies and Videotape

2 · Health Matters

3 · Upwardly Mobile

4 · The Midas Touch

5 · Insecurity

6 · Bank Holiday

Crew and Cast

Mark BurtonMark BurtonCreatorJohn O'FarrellJohn O'FarrellCreatorJim BroadbentJim BroadbentPeter DuffleyDavid SchneiderDavid SchneiderBradley WilsonClaire SkinnerClaire SkinnerSusan HarveyDaniel FlynnDaniel FlynnDavid EdwardsStephen MooreStephen MooreGeoffrey ParkesTracy KeatingTracy KeatingBrenda CorriganWendy NottinghamWendy NottinghamEvelyn Walker
Janette LeggeIris JenningsBeverley CallardBeverley CallardBarbaraJane WymarkJane WymarkMaryKenneth MacDonaldKenneth MacDonaldIan Kopas

Storyline

The Peter Principle is a BBC television show about the Aldbridge Branch of the fictional County & Provincial Bank. It originally aired in the late 1990s and is now a part of the PBS program lineup at some PBS stations, which call it The Boss. The program takes its name from the Peter Principle, that In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

  • Hat Trick Productions

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
2 June 1997
Last aired
3 July 2000
TMDB score
8.0 / 10 (4 votes)

Production

Created by
Mark Burton, John O'Farrell, Dan Patterson
Studios
Hat Trick Productions
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
BBC One

Episodes

Seasons
2
Episodes
12
Runtime
30m
Type
Scripted
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English