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Bad Habits - with Richard Herring - BBC Radio Documentary Series - cheops

Comedian and writer Richard Herring explores some of the bad habits and personal failings which directly or indirectly affect all of us in our daily working lives.

Five episodes of approximately fifteen minutes each.

Episode 1: Workaholism
Richard explores the rising problem of workaholism.

He talks to a City lawyer who works 20 hours a day, visits Pricewaterhouse Coopers to see how they tackle the issue and writer Jon Ronson confesses to being a workaholic.

Episode 2: Laziness
Richard explores the problem of laziness.

He investigates what Royal Mail did about thousands of staff going off sick each day and visits Google's UK headquarters to find out how having fun can breed success. The programme also features the author of How to Be Idle, Tom Hodgkinson

Episode 3: Time-keeping
Richard explores the problem of time-keeping.

He visits a call centre that had problems with punctuality, meets a factory worker from Scotland who blew the whistle on draconian time-management practices and hears from Diana DeLonzor, author of How to Never Be Late Again, who explains why lateness is a pathology that deserves our sympathy.

Episode 4: Perfectionism
Richard examines the impact of perfectionism and goes inside a double Michelin-starred restaurant to see how chef Marcus Wareing strives for food utopia.

Douglas Broadley, CEO of global design agency Imagination, talks frankly about how his perfectionism affects the company and an ex-employee gives his perspective on working for a perfectionist boss.

Also featuring psychologist and perfectionism expert Cary Cooper.

Episode 5: Procrastination
Richard investigates how much time British workers spend on personal emails and what managers do to crack down on it.

He also speaks to writer Charlie Brooker, who blames the internet for his tendency to continually put things off.

First broadcast in 2008 on BBC Radio 4.
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