Monday 14th October 2013
| Britain's New Banking Scandal: Panorama |
Panorama lifts the lid on what could be Britain's biggest financial mis-selling scandal - the hard sell of so-called interest rate swaps. With thousands of businesses pushed into administration or struggling to stay afloat, Panorama hears from bank insiders as well as from business owners and employees who have lost their jobs and homes.
As the new financial regulator faces its first major test, reporter Adam Shaw asks why the banks who broke the rules are allowed to control the redress scheme for the victims. Has anything really changed in the way our banks are regulated.
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Thursday 17th October 2013
| Robert Peston Goes Shopping |
Robert Peston reveals how shopping in Britain was transformed over the 20th century. This episode looks at how the British high street has been hit hard in recent years by the rise of online shopping and the financial crash. The result has been a revolution in how and where we shop. From Amazon and ASOS to the world's first pop-up mall in East London, Robert shows how our shopping experience has changed and predicts how we will shop in the future.
| Dying to get High: Tonight |
An investigation into the world of legal highs - chemicals designed to mimic the effects of drugs such as ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis - that are widely available on our high streets across the UK. They arrived on the scene in 2008 and their popularity has grown rapidly with up to 700,000 young people thought to have experimented with them. Last year more than fifty deaths were linked to so-called legal highs as the law makers struggle to keep up with manufacturers and suppliers, many of whom are exploiting the legal loopholes. Fiona Foster talks to a bereaved mother whose daughter died after taking a legal high.
