How Britain's decline might be halted and reversed. A personal view in five parts by Ralf Dahrendorf , Director of the London School of Economics. 1: Decline
One hundred years ago Trafford
Park, Manchester, could boast of being the greatest square mile of production in the world. People came from all over Europe, from the United States even, to admire and copy Britain's industrial miracle. But then something started to go wrong. What was it? Why did Britain start on a slow 100-year slide which has brought the country to its present precarious conditions Film editor NICK RAYNER
Film director JOHN WILLIAMS Series producer ADRIAN MILNE (Part 2 tomorrow at 9.55 pm)