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Lauren Laverne follows the lives of people who spent an intense period of time together.

Lauren Laverne follows the twists and turns in the lives of three people who spent an intense period of time together and then went their separate ways.

Whatever Happened To...?: Series 1

Whatever Happened To...?: Series 1: The Bankers

07/08/2018

The Bankers

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Whatever Happened To...?, Series 1, The Bankers

Lauren Laverne meets three former bankers and discovers where they ended up.

Lauren Laverne meets three former bankers who were part of the graduate intake for a leading merchant bank back in 1987 and discovers where they ended up.

Lauren Laverne meets three people who started life as bankers, part of the graduate intake for a leading merchant bank back in 1987 and discovers where they ended up.

In October 1987 Edward Heckles; Gill Meekison and Richard Symes started work at Kleinwort Benson, a leading merchant bank, as part of its graduate trainee scheme. 

Back then they enjoyed a high octane working environment and thrived in the hothouse of high finance. Today one of them is a teacher; one a health campaigner and the third has spent their entire career at the same bank.

In this programme they reminisce about the heady days of the City in the 1980s and ruminate on how their lives unfolded. Have their personal ups and downs left them philosophical and rueful or happy and fulfilled?

Producer: Paula McGinley
Editor: Eleanor Garland.

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