Mary Queen of Shops - Series 2 - 3. H T Burt

Retail guru Mary Portas is back to save the small fashion boutique from extinction. This series she comes to the aid of five independent shops that are fighting for survival. But retail is a ruthless business and with High Street giants ever more powerful can Mary turn the fortunes of these small shops around?

Burt's Men's Store in Chorlton has been in Adrian Burt's family for 112 years but under his leadership the store's takings are worse than they've ever been. Mary Portas is convinced that this store deserves a place on our high street but it's going to be a massive upheaval for the staff - one of whom has been working there for 33 years. She's got to bring the outdated Burt's team up to speed on 20 years of men's fashion. Mary pulls in help from GQ Editor Dylan Jones and forces Burt's to sell their dodgy '70s stock at the local bowls club. And she helps Adrian and his team with a new cool sales approach when she takes them to an Ian Brown concert at Brixton Academy to sell T-shirts!

Will Burt's have the bottle to do as Mary says? Or has this third generation shop had its day? (R)

Broadcast on:

BBC Two, 9:00pm Monday 23rd June 2008

First broadcast:

Monday 23rd June 2008

Duration:

59 minutes

Available until:

Categories:

• Sign Zone,
• Factual,
• Beauty & Style,
• Money