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	Title	Author	Subcategory	Subtitles	Length	Rating
In June 2009, disgraced financier Bernard L Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding thousands of investors out of billions of dollars in a giant… 1	Bernie Madoff - 65 Billion Dollar Swindle	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	49 mins	Unlike (1 likes)
In a special one-hour edition of the Money Programme, Fiona Bruce presents the definitive profile of Bill Gates as he embarks on his latest challenge - giving away the billions he has amassed, through the charitable foundation he runs with his wife and his father. 2	Bill Gates: How a Geek Changed the World	Charles Miller	Economics & Finance		58 mins	Like (0 likes)
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. 3	Dispatches - Britain's Bankers: Still Cashing In	Jane Moore	Economics & Finance	English	50 mins	Like (0 likes)
Financial journalist Ben Laurance looks at whether the coalition's keystone policy, the Big Society, may actually benefit big business, while the public and voluntary sectors feel the pinch of austerity Britain. 4	Dispatches - Britain's Secret Fat Cats	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	47 mins	Like (0 likes)
In the second half of this special two-part Dispatches, economist and author Will Hutton continues the definitive insider's account of how Britain's economy went from boom to bust. 5	Dispatches - Crash - How Long Will It Last?	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	48 mins	Like (0 likes)
Talking to the key players in government, Wall Street and the City, Hutton unveils the true extent of the greed, ambition and reckless risk-taking that is now carrying the economy into the worst recession for a century 6	Dispatches - Crash - How the Banks Went Bust	Channel 4	Economics & Finance		48 mins	Like (0 likes)
As Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has presided over the biggest recession in 75 years. Rawnsley examines the key moments, showing how Brown as Prime Minister inherited the economic problems of his own 10 years as chancellor. 7	Dispatches - Crash Gordon	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	57 mins	Like (0 likes)
Dispatches investigates the working conditions of clothing manufacturing units in the UK. With British consumers keen to buy the latest designer looks at cheap prices, this film exposes the real human cost behind high street fashion. 8	Dispatches - Fashion's Dirty Secret	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	48 mins	Like (0 likes)
Rageh Omaar investigates how immigration has affected Britain. Using Enoch Powell's explosive 'Rivers of Blood' speech as a starting point, Rageh explores whether the apocalyptic visions of 40 years ago have any basis in today's reality 9	Dispatches - How the Banks Bet Your Money	Channel 4	Economics & Finance		54 mins	Like (0 likes)
How do the rich avoid paying tax and protect their fortunes? Dispatches reveals the clever devices they use. 10	Dispatches - How the Rich Beat the Taxman	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	49 mins	Like (0 likes)
Dispatches lifts the lid on the pensions crisis. The programme names some of the blue-chip companies that have abandoned final salary pension schemes. It shows how widespread the problem of underperforming pensions is, and how difficult it is to get full compensation if things go wrong 11	Dispatches - Who Took Your Pension?	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	50 mins	Like (0 likes)
In Masters of Money, produced in partnership with the Open University, BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders examines how three extraordinary thinkers, Keynes, Hayek and Marx, helped shape the 20th century. 12	Masters of Money - Part 01: Keynes	BBC	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
According to conventional wisdom, today's global financial crisis happened because markets were not regulated enough. But what if the opposite is true? 13	Masters of Money - Part 02: Hayek	BBC	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
In the last of this series produced in partnership with The Open University, BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders examines one of the most revolutionary and controversial thinkers of all. Karl Marx. 14	Masters of Money - Part 03: Marx	BBC	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Two months after an explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico killed 11 people, Panorama's Hilary Andersson tells the story of America's 'greatest environmental disaster.' Dubbed an environmental '9/11' by President Obama, the leak caused by the explosion is still releasing thousands of barrels of crude oil a day into the waters of the Gulf - livelihoods and ecosystems are threatened, fishermen are unable to work and billions have been wiped off the value of BP shares. Panorama examines the full consequences of the disaster amid a mounting war of words between the Obama adminstration and an embattled BP, asking what went wrong and who is really to blame. 15	Panorama - BP - In Deep Water		Economics & Finance	English	30 mins	Like (0 likes)
Aggressive tax avoidance was branded "morally repugnant" by the chancellor in the last budget. But what does he mean? Panorama investigates how some of the UK's most famous companies have been using a tax haven at the heart of Europe to save millions in tax. 16	Panorama - The Truth About Tax	BBC 1	Economics & Finance		30 mins	Like (0 likes)
How the technology superbrands get us to buy their stuff, trust them and idolise them. 17	Secrets of the Superbrands - Episode 01: Technology	BBC	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Fashion novice Alex Riley dives into the world of clothing superbrands. 18	Secrets of the Superbrands - Episode 02: Fashion	BBC	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Documentary telling the double-edged story of the grave risks we pose to our own survival in the name of progress. With rich imagery the film connects financial collapse, growing inequality and global oligarchy with the sustainability of mankind itself. 19	Surving Progress	BBC	Economics & Finance		80 mins	Like (0 likes)
Poet Roger McGough narrates the extraordinary story of how a simple invention - the shipping container - changed the world forever and forced Britain into the modern era of globalisation. 20	The Box That Changed Britain	Graeme McAulay	Economics & Finance	English	60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Travelling across three continents, Justin Rowlatt investigates the spread of Chinese influence around the planet and asks what the world will be like if China overtakes America as the world's economic superpower. In the first of two films, he embarks on a journey across Southern Africa to chart the extraordinary phenomenon of Chinese migration to Africa, and the huge influence of China on the development of the continent. While many in the West view Africa as a land of poverty, to the Chinese it is seen as an almost limitless business opportunity. From Angola to Tanzania, Justin meets the fearless Chinese entrepreneurs who have travelled thousands of miles to set up businesses. 21	The Chinese Are Coming Part 01	BBC 2	Economics & Finance	English	60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Justin Rowlatt crosses Brazil and the United States on an epic journey as he continues to investigate the spread of Chinese influence around the planet. In Rio, local industries, including bikini factories, are threatened by cheap Chinese imports, and in the Amazon, Justin witnesses the phenomenal impact of the Chinese hunger for resources on the indigenous people and the environment. In the US, from California to the rust belt, Justin encounters the rising undercurrent of American fury over their own decline in the face of competition from China. 22	The Chinese Are Coming Part 02	BBC 2	Economics & Finance	English	60 mins	Like (0 likes)
For more than two years Europe has teetered on the edge of an economic precipice - one of the factors that has pushed Britain back into recession. How exactly did Europe get itself into the current financial mess? Talking to historians, economists and politicians, BBC business editor Robert Peston takes a long view of the euro. 23	The Great Euro Crash with Robert Preston	BBC	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Michael Cockerell uses archive film and interviews to uncover the world of the Treasury. 24	The Great Offices of State - The Secret Treasury	James Giles	Economics & Finance	English	59 mins	Like (0 likes)
In the United States, child poverty has reached record levels, with over 16 million children now affected. Food banks are facing unprecedented demand, and homeless shelters now have long waiting lists, as families who have known a much better life sometimes have to leave their homes with just a few days notice. This World asks three children whose families are struggling to get by to explain what life in modern America really looks like through their eyes. 25	This World - America's Poor Kids	Jezza Neumann	Economics & Finance		60 mins	Like (0 likes)
Are you paying more council tax than your neighbours? Last year Tonight’s Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis revealed how to check and challenge your council tax band; thousands succeeded, each getting a massive payout. Now it’s become a political issue with the Tories accusing the Government of hiding the fact 400,000 homes are paying too much. Tonight examines whether this stacks up, showing how to check if you're a victim and, if so, how to get your money back. 26	Tonight - Council Tax Cover Up	ITV	Economics & Finance		24 mins	Like (0 likes)
In just one year, 1.6 million Britons received the wrong tax bill from the Inland Revenue. Tonight's Jonathan Maitland meets the victims battling to get their money back and uncovers widespread chaos in the tax department 27	Tonight - The Taxman Cometh	ITV	Economics & Finance		24 mins	Like (0 likes)
The true story of a gang of young drug dealers, told using surveillance footage to provide a fascinating insight into their lives. 28	True Stories - Crack House	Channel 4	Economics & Finance	English	87 mins	Like (0 likes)
Last Train Home documents how, every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as a tidal wave of migrant workers return home by train for the Chinese New Year. 29	True Stories - Last Train Home	Lixin Fan	Economics & Finance	English	86 mins	Like (0 likes)
The Flaw attempts to explain in unprecedented depth the underlying causes of the global financial crisis 30	True Stories - The Flaw	More 4	Economics & Finance		110 mins	Like (0 likes)
A British scientist is attempting to convince farmers and the authorities to adopt his revolutionary alternative to slash-and-burn farming. 31	True Stories - Up in Smoke	More 4	Economics & Finance	English	53 mins	Like (0 likes)
Father and son duo Peter and Dan Snow lift the lid on Britain's last taboo. We don't talk about it with our friends, and two-thirds of us keep it secret from our partner, but why are we all so secretive about what we get paid? Peter and Dan reveal who earns what in Britain, asking if the people who work the hardest get paid the most. 32	What Britain Earns	Peter Snow Dan Snow	Economics & Finance		90 mins	Like (0 likes)

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