Harpers West One (1961)

"Shopping With The Lid Off!"

Harpers West One was an ATV television drama series about a fictional department store, Harpers, in the West 1 district of London The show was created by John Whitney and Geoffrey Bellman and ran in one-hour episodes from 1961 to 1963. It was introduced by ATV while Probation Officer, was being rested but became an immediate success. Press releases described it as "shopping with the lid off". A combination of drama and soap opera, it has also been described as presaging corporate dramas such as The Brothers for its depiction of power struggles at board level.