Britain\'s top bankers helped bring the economy to the brink of ruin; their gambling triggered thousands of job losses and exposed taxpayers to over a trillion pounds of possible risk. In this edition of Dispatches, journalist Jane Moore investigates exactly how much these former bosses have been rewarded for these failings - and how much they are still raking in.

Financial journalist Ben Laurance looks at whether the coalition\'s keystone policy, the Big Society, may actually benefit big business, while the public and voluntary sectors feel the pinch of austerity Britain.

In the second half of this special two-part Dispatches, economist and author Will Hutton continues the definitive insider\'s account of how Britain\'s economy went from boom to bust.

Talking to the key players in government, Wall Street and the City, Hutton unveils the true extent of the greed, ambition and reckless risk-taking that is now carrying the economy into the worst recession for a century

As Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has presided over the biggest recession in 75 years. Rawnsley examines the key moments, showing how Brown as Prime Minister inherited the economic problems of his own 10 years as chancellor.

Dispatches investigates the working conditions of clothing manufacturing units in the UK. With British consumers keen to buy the latest designer looks at cheap prices, this film exposes the real human cost behind high street fashion.

Dispatches reveals what life is like for elderly men and women forced to live on today's state pension and deal with the complexities of the government's means-tested benefits to keep body and soul together.

A global credit crunch has put Britain's banks in a crisis that threatens the future of jobs and businesses and may even trigger a wholesale recession.

How do the rich avoid paying tax and protect their fortunes? Dispatches reveals the clever devices they use.

Dispatches investigates the elusive Russian oligarchs who have been trying to buy up our football teams, newspapers and car companies.

How senior politicians are seeking to trade on their Westminster connections to earn money from lucrative positions in the private sector.

Dispatches investigates those who have got rich since the Brexit referendum, capitalising on the almost unprecedented political uncertainty around Britain's exit from the EU

Dispatches lifts the lid on the pensions crisis. The programme names some of the blue-chip companies that have abandoned final salary pension schemes. It shows how widespread the problem of underperforming pensions is, and how difficult it is to get full compensation if things go wrong

Through case stud­ies of cit­i­zens in dif­fer­ent coun­tries, this film ex­plores a range of fac­tors that have led to the pre­sent cri­sis fac­ing Eu­rope, eco­nomic and iden­tity chal­lenges

As Facebook heads for its 100 billion dollar flotation, Emily Maitlis updates her recent documentary on the prospects for Mark Zuckerberg's social network phenomenon.

Filmed with unprecedented access, this episode goes inside the Bank to show how it prints our cash, ensures our money holds its value and sets the UK’s interest rate.

From preparing the British financial system for the possible impacts of Brexit to keeping billions of pounds worth of gold secure, this episode goes inside the Bank of England during 2018.

Capturing a single day in the NHS, filmed by 100 camera crews spread across the country. In just this one day, 1300 people will die, 2000 will be born and 1.5 million will be treated.

Capturing a single day in the NHS, filmed by 100 camera crews spread across the country. In just this one day, 1300 people will die, 2000 will be born and 1.5 million will be treated.Looking at what the NHS does in just one day to ask what is expected of it in the future.

Anxious parents await news from a critical scan and an ex-boxing champ battles his demons.

A top surgeon performs a high risk brain operation while the patient is still awake.

The story of a tetraplegic coming to terms with a changed relationship with his daughter.

A patient is taken out to help assess whether he's well enough to return to the community

A look at the increasing demands on the NHS and the very real costs of those demands.

Taking a look at the NHS beyond the hospital environment.

A day in the life of the NHS. Looking at the UK's single biggest killer, heart disease.

BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders examines how three extraordinary thinkers, Keynes, Hayek and Marx, helped shape the 20th century

In Masters of Money, produced in partnership with the Open University, BBC economics editor Stephanie Flanders examines how three extraordinary thinkers, Keynes, Hayek and Marx, helped shape the 20th century.

According to conventional wisdom, today's global financial crisis happened because markets were not regulated enough. But what if the opposite is true?

In the last of this series produced in partnership with The Open University, BBC Economics Editor Stephanie Flanders examines one of the most revolutionary and controversial thinkers of all. Karl Marx.