George Davies of Next, John Ashcroft of Coloroll, Philip Birch of Ward White - the first business superstars to fall in the late 1980's shakeout have been licking their wounds, reflecting on the past, and contemplating renewed business careers in the harsher climate of the 1990s.

In Tessa Curtis's report, the last in the current Money Programme series, all three speak for the first time about their roller-coaster experience, and their plans, perhaps, for one more ride.