The last in a series of personal documentaries on the contemporary world Rackets at Dawn by FRANK KEATING
Champagne, smoked salmon and a guaranteed seat on the Centre Court for the men's final at Wimbledon?
No problem, and it won't cost you a penny if you are a favoured client of almost any British company.
Frank Keating , author and sports writer for the Guardian, investigates the newest 'loadsamoney' boom industry in British sport - corporate hospitality.
He visits Wimbledon, Ascot, Henley and the Lord's Test Match, talks to the new millionaires who lay on the corporate entertainment, and the business people who would rather clinch a deal than watch the wretched sport. 'We have all the best tickets,' says a corporate man. 'But we pray for rain.' Photography MICHAEL MILES Sound MICHAEL LAX
Research EMMA DE'ATH
Film editor STEFAN RONOWICZ
Executive producer DAVID PEARSON Producer RON JOHNSTON
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