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Total Recall: The Toyota Story

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Special edition of the Money Programme investigating Toyota's recall of millions of cars. How did this happen to a company synonymous with reliability and customer satisfaction? Filmed in Japan, the US and the UK as the crisis unfolded, this is the remarkable inside story.

Toyota is the blueprint for modern manufacturing, with a philosophy widely studied and imitated, but it is now engulfed in a perfect storm with 8.5 million cars recalled.

Includes interviews with the victims of alleged 'sudden unintended acceleration', insiders, experts, Sir Richard Branson, the CEO of Interbrand and Japanese industry leaders, as well as one of the key Toyota executives at the centre of the storm. Show less

Contributors

Producer:
Ruth Shurman
Executive Producer:
Dominic Crossley-Holland

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