Flatpack Empire | |
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Also known as | Flatpack: The World’s Biggest Furniture Store |
Genre | Documentary |
Directed by | Rob Farquhar |
Narrated by | Olivia Colman |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
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Producer | Tom Swingler |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Raw TV |
Original release | |
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Release | 6 February 20 February 2018 | –
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. [5] The series was produced in partnership with the Open University. [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". [8]
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Flatpack Empire | |
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Also known as | Flatpack: The World’s Biggest Furniture Store |
Genre | Documentary |
Directed by | Rob Farquhar |
Narrated by | Olivia Colman |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 3 |
Production | |
Executive producers |
|
Producer | Tom Swingler |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Raw TV |
Original release | |
Network | |
Release | 6 February 20 February 2018 | –
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. [5] The series was produced in partnership with the Open University. [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". [8]
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