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A Lifeboat for the Banks

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Ten years ago tonight, leading Citybankersandthemanagers of multi-million pound investment funds held a secret all-night meeting in the Bank of England. They had to prevent a panic which would have led to the collapse of Britain's entire financial system.
The rescue mission - The Lifeboat - to stem 'the contagion of fear' was to cost £1,500millionduringastock market craah bigger than Wall Street's in 1929 Written and narrated by JOHN ROBERTS
Producer JIM GRAY

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John Roberts
Producer:
Jim Gray
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