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	Title	Author	Subcategory	Subtitles	Length	Rating
Britain's top bankers helped bring the economy to the brink of ruin; their gambling triggered thousands of job losses and exposed taxpayers to over a trillion pounds of possible risk. In this edition of Dispatches, journalist Jane Moore investigates exactly how much these former bosses have been rewarded for these failings - and how much they are still raking in. 1	Dispatches - Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In	Jane Moore	Business & Management	English	50 mins	Like (0 likes)
In this edition of Dispatches, reporter Jane Moore reveals how nutritious the nation's breakfasts really are and the marketing techniques employed by this lucrative industry. 2	Dispatches - What's in Your Breakfast?	Channel 4	Business & Management	English	48 mins	Like (0 likes)
In just seven years, Mark Zuckerberg has gone from his Harvard college dorm to running a business with 800 million users, and a possible value of $100 billion. His idea to 'make the world more open and connected' has sparked a revolution in communication, and now looks set to have a huge impact on business too. 3	Mark Zuckerberg - Inside Facebook	BBC 2	Business & Management		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Broadly considered a brand that inspires fervour and defines cool consumerism, Apple has become one of the biggest corporations in the world, fuelled by game-changing products that tap into modern desires. 4	Steve Jobs: Billion Dollar Hippy	BBC 2	Business & Management		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
The story of Steve Jobs, featuring a rare interview and providing a unique insight into what made him tick. 5	Steve Jobs: iChanged the World	Channel 4	Business & Management		48 mins	Like (0 likes)
This major new series tells the untold story of how big business feeds us by transforming simple commodities into everyday necessities and highly profitable brands. The first episode tells the extraordinary story of how the bottled water industry has grown from nothing to become one of the biggest success stories in the modern food and beverage industry in just 40 years. With unprecedented access to the world's largest food and beverage companies, including Nestle and Danone, this is the inside story of how the bottled water business has become emblematic of an age of plenty in the West. With billions at stake, the market is fiercely fought over by the world's multinationals who promise us health, convenience and youth. It is natural and pure and sourced at minimal cost, its real value lies in the marketing and branding. Told by the Money Programme team, this film takes us to Hawaii, Japan, North America, France, Switzerland and Scotland to chart what lies behind the incredible success of this industry and explore what it tells us about ourselves. 6	The Foods that makes Billions - Episode 01: Liquid Gold	BBC 2	Business & Management	English	60 mins	Like (0 likes)
This major new series tells the untold story of how big business feeds us by transforming simple commodities into everyday necessities and highly profitable brands. This episode tells the incredible story of how business has turned grain into one of the biggest success stories of the modern food industry. With unprecedented access to the world's largest food companies, including Kellogg's, this is the inside story of how breakfast cereals have transformed the way we eat and the way we live. This is the original processed, convenience food. It has ushered in a modern age of plenty in terms of choice and abundance. Cereals are cheap and abundant but their real value lies in the processing, advertising and marketing that goes into creating well known brands. It's a controversial business that both responds to and drives our changing relationship with food and our obsession with health. The Money Programme team tells the story of a business that has helped shape the modern world of business and advertising we know today. 7	The Foods that makes Billions - Episode 02: The Age of Plenty	BBC 2	Business & Management	English	60 mins	Like (0 likes)
This final episode tells the story of how yoghurt has been transformed from an unknown hippy food into a super food in 40 years. Along the way, yoghurt has driven a health revolution in the modern food business. 8	The Foods that makes Billions - Episode 03: Pots of Gold	BBC 2	Business & Management	English	60 mins	Like (0 likes)
In the teeth of the worst financial crisis in living memory, BBC business editor Robert Peston examines how the world got to this point and how the collossal imbalances in the global economy have left the UK in need of a radical economic overhaul. 9	The Party's Over: How the West Went Bust Part 01	BBC	Business & Management		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
In the second of two programmes Peston asks how Britain can compete in the new world economic order. After years of living beyond our means the country surely needs to wean itself off the consumer society, but doing so threatens our retail dependent economy. 10	The Party's Over: How the West Went Bust Part 02	BBC	Business & Management		60 mins	Like (0 likes)

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