Presented by Fred Emery The Sale of the Century?
Next month sees the sale of British Telecom. It's a major step in the Government's privatisation plans, and will be the biggest flotation the stock market has ever seen.
B.T. is at the centre of a healthy multi-million-pound industry, but critics fear that even in its new private role it will remain effectively a monopoly, able to stifle competition and offering the customer little real choice.
David Lomax reports.
Producer LORRAINE HEGGESSY Editor PETER IBBOTSON