Philip Green
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Sep 11, 2026
RichGUEST
yeah there was a lot sounds fun even like the Christmas parties and stuff
ChristyHOST
Oh yeah, because they used to do it big, innit? Because it wasn't Philip Green.
ChristyHOST
Oh,
RichGUEST
he used
ChristyHOST
to own them? Yeah.
BrentHOST
So what connection between parties and Philip Green and Topshop, what's that been? They just owned a lot of stuff.
ChristyHOST
No, because when he said the parties, and obviously they would go big in it because Philip Green, you know, obviously Philip Green in the retail or whatever.
RichGUEST
Those were the days, man.
Stuart RoseGUEST
Now, as it happened, I got the job.
Stuart RoseGUEST
But then, of course, we had the double whammy because as soon as I got the job, literally within three days, Philip Green turns up with a bid.
Stuart RoseGUEST
So suddenly, and it wasn't about how many dresses have we sold last week, it's are we going to survive? Will the company remain independent? And that was a four or five month battle, very high profile, which did take a lot of management time up, which did absorb a lot of energy, which did a lot of cash and stuff to get it sorted out.
Stuart RoseGUEST
Luckily, we won that.
6 MINS LATER
Ian FishwickHOST
But are there brands like, you know, M&S would be the obvious one, where you are sort of, you've got this responsibility.
Ian FishwickHOST
It's almost like the custodian of something that, you know, the whole nation feels an affinity with, right?
Stuart RoseGUEST
I think it was one of the lines I used effectively in the defence in 2004. to various people who were shareholders, big shareholders, and saying, look, guys, let's imagine a scenario where you don't back the management, you sell out to Philip Green, that business gets raped and pillaged for cash over the next five or 10 years, not invested in, that brand disappears.
Stuart RoseGUEST
That's like me saying to you, on Friday, Marks & Spencer is going to close down.
EmHOST
In 2003 he was named Todd Berlinger, later that year he was renamed Todd Green where he became ever so more profane.
EmHOST
A couple of weeks later he was renamed Philip Green and then in his final form Les Grossman.
EmHOST
But the frequency of discussions with Tom Cruise slowed down because he's Tom Cruise and so when they went into casting the movie Tom Cruise was the furthest from their minds.
EmHOST
Now it's worth us looking into where Tom Cruise was in the mid 2000s because his career went a bit haywire in 2006 After a lucrative 14-year partnership, Tom Cruise's contract with Paramount wasn't renewed, and it was a shock to many in Hollywood.
Touker SuleymanGUEST
Hence, went into manufacturing.
Touker SuleymanGUEST
And at one point, um, and I was in partnership with my brother, at one point we were employing 7,000 people m- making clothes for Marks & Spencer, BH- BHS, pre-Philip Green days, um, Arcadia, pre-Philip Green days [laughs]-
Adam StottHOST
[laughs] Emphasize
Touker SuleymanGUEST
... a- and so on.
David ClarkNARRATOR
I have done better.
David ClarkNARRATOR
Here is the Honourable Philip Green, who is a fellow lodger with you in this hotel, and we may find him the starting point for a more successful investigation.
David ClarkNARRATOR
A card had come up on a salver, and it was followed by the same bearded ruffian who had attacked me in the street.
David ClarkNARRATOR
He started when he said, What is this, Mr Holmes? he asked.
8 MINS LATER
David ClarkNARRATOR
But no indiscretion, and, above all, no violence.
David ClarkNARRATOR
I put you on your honour that you will take no step without my knowledge and consent." For two days the Hon.
David ClarkNARRATOR
Philip Green—he was, I may mention, the son of the famous admiral of that name who commanded the Sea of Azof fleet in the Crimean War brought us no news.
David ClarkNARRATOR
On the evening of the third, he rushed into our sitting room, pale, trembling, with every muscle of his powerful frame quivering with excitement.
Alex DimitriouGUEST
The industry, thankfully, has changed definitely for the better.
Alex DimitriouGUEST
And I, you know, I'm coming across some big names and people in Arcadia and Philip Green and all those things that you hear about, but equally just behaviours at that senior buyer level were pretty toxic in the past.
Alex DimitriouGUEST
And so certainly not a route that I ever wanted to go down.
Alex DimitriouGUEST
And so I think I've always made a very conscious effort to be someone that could just be myself and not have to put on any kind of acts, but still get... get the best out of people and i think when i look about the leaders that i've met who have been incredible along the way and what they have my current boss is the same is high ambition low ego and that for me is that perfect combination that you can be relatable human being but you still got really high standards and want to drive the business
Mike GrahamHOST
Now-
Mike ParryHOST
Well, I think, I think Sir Philip Green, you know, who's another one who's, uh, just got a new boat that he's floating around on somewhere in the Mediterranean-
Mike GrahamHOST
Oh
Mike ParryHOST
... something like that.