Second of three programmes about one of the most controversial political policies of the last 20 years - privatisation.

John Plender reveals how the Government's gamble with the sale of BT led to a Conservative crusade to push back the frontiers and everything became a privatisation candidate.
British Gas was the biggest flotation the world had ever seen, and also led to an epic battle between the then Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson and chairman Sir Denis Rooke over the plans for privatisation.
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