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Evan Davis hosts the business conversation show with insights from the people at the top.

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The Bottom Line: Business on 'the box'

Business on 'the box'

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Is the portrayal of the business world in television and film inspirational or a turn off?

Is the portrayal of the business world in television and film inspirational or a turn off?  Does reality TV do it better than drama? Evan Davis and guests discuss.

From The Office and Succession to The Apprentice and Dragons' Den, does the portrayal of business on television inspire or is it a total turn off to budding entrepreneurs?  And how challenging is it to create great drama from the world of business? Is 'greed, for lack of a better word, good' as Gordon Gekko from Wall Street would have us believe? Or post financial crash, is the world looking to find a more equitable and kind example of the business world on screen? 


PRESENTER:   EVAN DAVIS

GUESTS

Ash Atalla, CEO, Roughcut Productions

Dave Fishwick, businessman, subject of  Netflix movie,  'Bank of Dave' 

Nisha Katona,  Founder, Mowgli Street Restaurants, Great British Menu judge

Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, co-writers, 'Industry' , BBC 2 drama series

Clip from 'Industry' BBC2 
Bad Wolf Productions 
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Produced in Partnership with the Open University

PRODUCTION TEAM

Producer: Julie Ball 
Editor:  China Collins
Sound:  James Beard and Graham Puddifoot
Production Co-ordinator:   Brenda Brown

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