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Disastrous Decisions

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With top business leaders including Sir Martin Sorrell and Sir Gerry Robinson, Evan Davis analyses deals that spelled disaster and projects that backfired.

Evan Davis uncovers the inside stories of mistakes that triggered some of the business world's most spectacular falls from grace. With top British business leaders including Sir Martin Sorrell, Sir Richard Branson and Sir Gerry Robinson, Evan analyses deals that spelled disaster and projects that backfired.

Executives reveal what it was like to be at the heart of corporate calamities including an audacious but ill-fated bid to take on the big airlines; the sportswear website that became the archetypal dotcom disaster; and a bank takeover blunder. From each extraordinary error, Evan distils a vital strategic lesson, offering his essential guide to what not to do in business.

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Sat 16 Jul 2011 00:05
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  • Kate Nash

    Do Wah Doo

  • Dizzee Rascal

    Dance Wiv Me (feat. Calvin Harris and Chrome) (feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome)

  • Scissor Sisters

    I Can't Decide

  • Sugababes

    Overload

  • Primal Scream

    Beautiful Future

  • Bloc Party

    Helicopter

  • Les Paul

    Goofus

  • Gorillaz

    Feel Good Inc

  • Florence + The Machine

    Kiss With a Fist

  • Gabriella Cilmi

    Sweet About Me

  • Duck Sauce

    Barbra Streisand

  • Lars-Luis Linek

    Clarinet Folk

  • Atlantic Ocean

    Waterfall (Original Netherland Mix)

  • Touch and Go

    Would You...? (Trailerman Go To Rio Edit)

  • Air

    Lucky and Unhappy

  • White Lies

    Death

  • Air

    Electronic Performers

  • The Prodigy

    Climbatize

  • Murcof

    Resignacion

  • Lady Gaga

    Pokerface

  • Spiller

    Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) (feat. Sophie Ellis鈥怋extor)

  • S茅rgio Mendes

    Bim Bom

  • Maceo & the Macks

    Cross the Tracks

  • Blondie

    Atomic

  • Eurythmics

    Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)

  • Lois Blanca

    Black Heart

  • Calexico

    The Book and the Canal

  • Rob Dougan

    Clubbed To Death (Kurayamino Variation)

  • Iggy Pop

    The Passenger

  • LCD Soundsystem

    Tribulations

  • Mud Foot Jones

    That Jazz

  • Jack Pe帽ate

    Have I Been A Fool?

  • Nicola Conte

    Wanin' Moon

  • Joy Division

    No Love Lost

  • Jack Pe帽ate

    Got My Favourite

  • Depeche Mode

    Dream On (Dave Clarke Acoustic Version)

  • Kasabian

    Empire

  • Elbow

    The Bones of You

  • The O鈥橨ays

    For the Love of Money

  • The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

    The Road to the Isles

  • The Black Eyed Peas - I Got a Feeling

  • Noisettes

    Don't Upset the Rhythm

  • Frankie Goes to Hollywood

    Two Tribes

  • Sneaker Pimps

    6 Underground

  • Gorillaz and Mark E. Smith

    Glitter Freeze

  • Bryan New

    Solitary State

  • The Chemical Brothers

    Block Rockin' Beats

  • La Roux

    Quicksand

  • Bay City Rollers

    Money Honey

  • Sam Sparro

    Black and Gold

Credits

Presenter Evan Davis
Presenter Evan Davis
Executive Producer Dominic Crossley-Holland
Executive Producer Dominic Crossley-Holland
Series Producer Ruth Shurman
Series Producer Ruth Shurman
Producer Richard Bee
Producer Charlotte Dawes
Producer Charlotte Dawes
Producer Graeme McAulay
Producer Graeme McAulay
Director Graeme McAulay
Director Graeme McAulay
Director Richard Bee
Director Charlotte Dawes
Director Charlotte Dawes

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