The Money Programme

Season 2005

TV-G

Britain's most popular financial and business programme.

eBay: Money for Old Rope?
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eBay: Money for Old Rope?The online auction site eBay is ten years old - that's pensionable age in "internet time". But this original star of Silicon Valley's dotcom boom is still growing at over 40%, and now earns half a billion pounds a year.
Rover's Billion Pound Blunder
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Rover's Billion Pound Blunder[In 2000], four businessmen bought MG Rover and saved the firm from extinction. They were hailed as heroes. But now the firm has collapsed.
Tesco: Supermarket superpower
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Tesco: Supermarket superpowerAs tills overflow and rivals reel, Tesco is the UK's first supermarket superpower. The Money Programme reveals its route to the top - and asks if Tesco's dominance is in the best interests of the consumer Tesco is a retail phenomenon. With profits topping £2bn a year, it has nearly a third of the UK's grocery market.