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The Peter Principle

1997 – 2000 · BBC One
2 seasons · 12 episodes
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Comedy

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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.

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Jim Broadbent
Peter Duffley
David Schneider
Bradley Wilson
Claire Skinner
Susan Harvey
Daniel Flynn
David Edwards
Stephen Moore
Geoffrey Parkes
Tracy Keating
Brenda Corrigan
Wendy Nottingham
Evelyn Walker
Janette Legge
Iris Jennings
Created by Mark Burton

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Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
First aired
Jun 2, 1997
Original language
EN
Production
Hat Trick Productions
Country
GB

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