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Whatever Happened to Rolls-Royce?: Tuesday's Documentary

BBC One
on BBC One London

John Pearson investigates the story of a lame duck that flies.
Just over a year ago Britain and the rest of the world woke up to find Rolls-Royce had gone bust. Newspapers said it was the greatest blow to national prestige since the sinking of Hood in 1941. What did happen to Rolls-Royce? Why did it happen? Who was responsible? What is happening now? What future is there for the national institution that went bankrupt?
John Pearson - biographer of such other national institutions as Ian Fleming and the Kray Twins - pieces together the jigsaw puzzle of the Rolls-Royce story.
(... a year after ...: page 11)

Contributors

Reporter:
John Pearson
Producer:
Paul Bonner
Source: Radio Times

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