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Season 1

  • S01E01 The Rocco Forte Story

    • January 13, 1999
    • BBC Two

    How Rocco Forte waited 50 years to take control of the company he regarded as his birthright, only to have it snatched away in a takeover battle.

  • S01E02 Ice Cream Wars

    • January 20, 1999
    • BBC Two

    The story of the battle between Ben & Jerry's and Häagen-Dazs.

  • S01E03 The Frocky Horror Show

    • January 27, 1999
    • BBC Two

    The Frocky Horror Show examines the unhappy partnership of Joe Bloggs Jeans and Elizabeth Emmanuel - famous for Princess Diana's wedding dress.

  • S01E04 Nightmare on Wall Street

    • February 3, 1999
    • BBC Two

    The story of the legal battle to clear the name of Joseph Jett, Kidder Peabody's golden boy, when he was blamed for millions of dollars going missing from the world's biggest company, General Electric.

  • S01E05 Guns 'n' Posies

    • February 10, 1999
    • BBC Two

    Interflora's new Board of Florist Directors were dramatically ousted in one of the most extraordinary corporate meetings of all time.

  • S01E06 In for the Kill

    • February 17, 1999
    • BBC Two

    The story behind the Countryside Alliance, a massive campaigning organisation which squandered many of its achievements by infighting and inappropriate management styles.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Blood, Sweaters and Sears

    • January 9, 2001
    • BBC Two

    Nick Mirsky investigates the controversial partnership between Luciano Benetton and Oliviero Toscani.

  • S02E02 Walking with Disc Jockeys

    • January 16, 2001
    • BBC Two

    When Matthew Bannister was appointed Controller of BBC Radio 1, his plans to make the station cool again began with the ousting of a number of long-serving DJs. But they would not go quietly, and millions of listeners were lost. Bannister thought he had found a saviour in new DJ Chris Evans, but when he also departed he left the managers with only each other to fight

  • S02E03 A Very Bitter Pill

    • January 30, 2001
    • BBC Two

    The illicit activities that destroyed a chemical company and with it the career of Dr Andrew Millar.

  • S02E04 Poisoned Arrows

    • February 6, 2001
    • BBC Two

    The battle between rival darts organisations.

  • S02E05 The Woodstock Story

    • February 13, 2001
    • BBC Two

    The use of a dormant Air Force Base at Rome, New York, was fought over for several years, before promoter Michael Lange of Woodstock fame won approval for the third instalment of his creation. What ultimately happened, on the hottest day of the year, was a perfect storm of concert controversy.

  • S02E06 Sausage Wars

    • February 20, 2001
    • BBC Two

    The story of Bill O'Hagan, who established his own business, only to be muscled out by his two employees.