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Thursday 8.30-9.00pm,
Sunday 9.30-10.00pm (rpt)
Previous programmes
2002 - 2009
Peter Day
Peter Day examines trends and developments in industry and the world of work.听
Winter 2008/ 09

Prophet Motive: Peter Day asks whether the ideas of the Puritans, the Romantics or of Islamic finance provide a new way to approach today's financial crises.

: Peter Day talks to Irish businessman Liam Casey from his base in Shenzen, near Hong Kong.

: Peter Day asks what the rest of the world can learn from the Japanese experience of recession in the 1990s.

: Peter Day wonders what shape the economy will be in when the current upheaval is over and the dust clears.

: Peter Day reports on the global strains in the world's most vibrant economy.

: Peter Day hears from two advocates of business models that turn conventional wisdom on its head.

: In an interconnected world, why does it matter where we live and work? Peter Day finds out.

: Peter Day discovers how jazz improvisation can help companies learn how to innovate.

How to go bust: Peter Day asks if there is a right or wrong way to tackle this听intractable business problem.

Autumn 2008

: What happens when co-workers blow the whistle on what appear to be dirty dealings by companies and organisations?

: in a live听 discussion Peter Day asks a panel of seasoned experts, what happens next?

: Peter Day wonders whether Norway's new equality law will encourage听others听to follow.

: Peter Day asks what the business of branding all about.

: Peter Day asks what can financiers learn about risk management from the casinos.

: Peter Day asks what kind of business agriculture is.

: Peter Day asks whether the internet can cope with the increasing demands put upon it.

: Peter Day reports on the latest development in medicines.

Spring 2008

India鈥檚 Supermarket SweepPeter Day travels from Delhi to Mumbai to look at India's retail market.

Happy Go Lucky: Peter Day goes in search of happiness at work. Is this something companies can create, and does it make business sense to try?

On the Rack:Peter Day finds out how retailers are dealing with the issue of child labour.

Mr Bottom Line: Peter Day hears from Sir David Tweedie, chairman of the International Accounting Standards Board, about the quest to keep global capitalism honest.

Hot Stuff: Peter Day hears from the start ups tackling global warming.

What鈥檚 In Store?: Peter Day looks at the history of retail

Survivors: Peter Day hears how maverick manufacturing companies plan to go on surviving against the odds.

Adventure Capitalist: Peter Day talks to Welsh-born Michael Moritz,听of Sequoia Capital, one of the venture capital stars of Silicon Valley, USA.

: Peter Day talks to the new Russian middle class.

Winter 2007

: Peter Day looks at Team Spirit.

: Peter Day looks at Lean Manufacturing.

: Peter Day talks to Neelie Kroes, European Competition Commissioner.

:听Peter Day finds out how businesses need to respond to social networks such as Facebook and Bebo.

: Peter Day looks at the sustainable renewable energy industry.

: Peter Day looks at what it takes to be a great leader.



: Peter Day asks if giant corporate research laboratories outlived their usefulness?

Autumn听2007

Peter Day considers the great railway revival.

听Peter Day considers if innovation is best left to companies.

Peter Day hears how art and money can sometimes make beautiful music together.

Peter Day takes a look at how neglected skills are undermining the way businesses perform.

: Peter Day takes a look at why market bubbles occur.

: Peter Day reports from Kazakhstan.

: Peter Day asks if Moore's law has set a trap for the industry at the heart of the way the computer business works.

: Peter Day travels to York and reports on the booming British economy.
Summer 2007

Car Industry: Peter Day reports on the troubles with the modern car industry.

Research party: Peter Day looks at US industry's 'secret sauce'.

Caught in the web: In Business looks at the free software movement and asks whether it makes sense to use programmes on the internet instead.

The Well-being business: Pater Day hears how well-being is becoming a big individual and corporate concern.

The Eden Project: Meet Tim Smit the man who inspired the Eden Project in Cornwall.

Music Machine: Peter Day hears about the computer programmes that record companies are using to try to predict which songs will be hits.

Australian Energy: Peter Day talks to those who are finding ways to reduce Australia's impact on the environment without losing out economically.

Generation Next: Peter Day hears about Generation Next, the new consumers with ideas of their own.

Over the Moon: Peter Day asks if space travel is really rocket science.

Spring 2007

Walk to wisdom - IMM management school Professor Anil Gupta takes us on a journey of knowledge discovery through village India.

Private grief - Looming trouble for private equity groups.

Is Water the New Oil? - It might be the new economic battleground.

Alternative Energy - The green entrepreneurs who are finding new ways to fuel the energy requirements of tomorrow.

Not just for profit - How social enterprise may well change the face (and aims) of mainstream business

New dragon rising - The economic rise of communist Vietnam.

New Wave computing - Open-source software and mash-up websites are altering the face of computing, again.

From the production line to the NHS - Can Toyota鈥檚 Lean management principles get results in the NHS?

Autumn 2006

On the hedge - Hedge funds 鈥 what they are and what they're doing to the financial world.

Credit worthy - Muhammad Yunus, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, reviews the 30 years of the Grameen bank in Bangladesh and the growing phenomenon of micro-credit.

Big Ideas - Technology Guru Nathan Myhrvold is building a venture capital firm based on intellectual property. But there are fears that his organization, Intellectual Ventures, may stifle innovation.

French with tears - Does French business need a dose of Anglo-Saxon free enterprise?

Town and Country - In Melton Mowbray and Berwick-upon-Tweed, Peter Day looks at how the Commission for Rural Communities could help country towns.

Plug-in Cars - Tesla Motors has designed an electric car with sports car performance. Can it change 80 years of petrol dominance ?

Passport to Europe - As Bulgaria and Romania prepare to enter the European Union, Peter Day finds out if they're really ready.

Age Rage - How changes in employment law will affect everyone as they reach their seventh decade.

Summer 2006

Plane Truth - Another look at the long-running battle between Airbus and Boeing.

Hive of Innovation - Professors Anil Gupta of the Honey Bee network and Neil Gershenfeld of MIT outline their vision of a world where rich and poor can get their hands on hi-tech tools to make innovative things.

Tangled Web - Is so-called Web 2.0 technology the future of the Internet?

Science and Civilisation - A view of the high tech future from the British-born founder of the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilisation at Oxford University.

The Silent Plane - A pilot big idea from the joint venture between MIT in Cambridge Mass. and Cambridge University, UK.

Egypt - The conflict between a modernising government and Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt's quest to build a new economy.

Euro Everything - How Europe is attempting to compete with America on technological grounds, with the Galileo satellite guidance system and a European search engine called Quaero.

Opportunity Knocks - What do the new wave of immigrants find attractive about Britain, and what do they want to achieve whilst they're here?

Not Very Productive - Despite an economy that's doing relatively well, Britain still lags behind its rivals in productivity. Why ?

Spring 2006

Bright Young Things -
Five very young British entrepreneurs explain how (and why) they are creating thriving businesses.

Pain in the Neck - Absence in the workplace: who's sick - the worker or the organisation?

Why Chile Works -The Chilean model of a government-backed free market is seen by many as an economic miracle. Is it as successful as it seems?

Green Machine - Big companies are waking up to the environmental concerns of their customers. And an interview with Al Gore.

There's Oil in Them Thar Sands - How Canadian oil trapped in sand is prompting the last great oil rush in Alberta.

Down With Hierachies - Can Gerard Fairtlough's revolutionary management ideas change the world of business?

Reshaping the World - In the second of two programs exploring the future of the world economy, Peter Day asks whether Brazil, Russia, India and China are the future of global business.

Nuts About Brazil - For the last hundred years, Brazil has seemed poised to rise the global economic top table. Will it ever happen ?听
Autumn 2005

Engineering Success - Engineers are beginning to reclaim their place at the heart of the economic process.

Foreign Retailers - How store chains from abroad are trying to change the way we think about grocery shopping.

Eco-cars - Producing eco-friendly transport is no easy ride, as Lon Bell, Californian inventor of the G-Wiz electric car, explains. Peter Day tries it out in London.

Professor Profit- Do universities know how to make money from their academic resources?

Working from home - How internet networks are transforming the ways in which freelancers operate.

Leadership - Two very different American leaders talk : The Chairmen of General Electric Jeff Immelt and serial entrepreneur Wayne Huizinga.

Testing - Can psychometric testing really improve corporate efficiency?

Risk Management - Telling companies how to avoid personal risk is big business. Peter Day explores a growing industry.

Infomercials - A look at the strange world of infomercials, with industry luminaries such as 鈥淏ody by Jake鈥 Jake Steinfeld, and Geordie pitchman John Parkin.

Summer 2005

Do It Like Deming - How the legacy of the late W Edwards Deming has inspired a new generation of businessmen.

Medicine Man - Jean-Pierre Garnier, chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline talks about the big changes in the pharmaceutical industry.

Back to School - Can Young Enterprise schemes turn British school leavers into entrepreneurs?

Africa Calling - Peter Day reports from Kenya and Ghana on how technological change is improving lives.

Look, No Wires! - How a wireless world is redefining the IT landscape.

Tall Storeys - Massive demand for skyscrapers is altering both cities and architectural principles. Peter Day investigates.

Cash for Ideas - Can cash prizes encourage creative solutions for the world's problems?

Spain's Growing Pains - After years of turmoil the Spanish economy is booming. Whether such success can be sustained is another matter.

Radio Me - Has Podcasting changed the nature of radio? Will this new-found aural freedom make or break the medium? Threats a bit close to home for Peter Day.

Spring 2005

All Change - Founder of Excite At Home Joe Kraus and advertising executive Kevin Roberts of Saatchi and Saatchi talk about learning from the past, and building a new sort of business future.

My Old China - Antiquated industrialization in China is about to be dragged into the technological age.

Strictly Private - The 'New Kings of Capitalism', private investors with enormous resources, demonstrate the power of private equity.

Framed - London's place in the global art market.

Body Talk - Communication is more than verbal, especially in the world of business. How to make body language work for you.

Patents Make Perfect - Our antiquated Patent system may not be able to cope with the digital age.

Heartbeat Economy - In order to prosper in an ever-more picky market place, companies will have radically to change the way they work.

Small Change - David Bussau, founder of micro-lender Opportunity International, explains how tiny loans can save the world.
2004

Smoke Gets in your Eyes听 - Inside the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme: Can market forces really save the planet?

Dogfight - The battle in the skies between Airbus and Boeing, each with a very different strategy on how to win the commercial air-race.

Dubai or not听Dubai- How Dubai might succeed in becoming the centre of tourism and business in the Middle East despite its lack of oil.

Ms Boss - Peter Day investigates Norway's new law to get women on company boards, as similar legislation is considered for Britain.

Connections - A once-wired world is losing its wires. What does this mean for consumers?

What's in a Name? - The rise and rise of job title inflation.

Keep on Working -听 How pension problems may force people to work past their retirement age.

Jobs on the Line - Volkswagen's revolutionary production line employs only people who were previously unemployed. Will it save the German car industry ?

Summer 2004

French Wine - How France is struggling to maintain its position as the preeminent wine-making country in the world in the face of uo to date global competition.

Crossroads - Can British Motor Racing survive?

Mind Your Language - How to fight 'management speak'.

China's building boom - Over half of all global concrete poured last year went to build China's blooming skyline. How is this race to construct affecting the country?

E-Bay watch - The Internet business that created hundreds of thousands of small businesses by putting a price on everything.

Corporate greed and corruption - A return to the St Gallen Symposium, a miniature Davos run by students, to investigate corporate greed and corruption with the Enron whistle-blower, Sherron Watkins

Digital Treatment - Can the huge project to digitize over 50 million patient records for the NHS at a cost of 拢6 Billion ever be a success? Don鈥檛 government IT projects almost always fail ?

Running towards empty - Have oil supplies peaked ?

Spring 2004


Baltic Frontier - Are three Baltic countries, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, ready to join the EU ?

Junk shopped - Spam and unsolicited phone calls are undermining the technology they exploit.

Local Heroes - From north Yorkshire, local businesses who are struggling to survive in a globalising world : in Swaledale, Hawes and Harrogate.

Life coaching - The pros and cons of of 'life coaching'.

Fast Boat to China - What鈥檚 behind the huge rise in demand for shipping? Why does it matter to ordinary westerners ?

The fiction business听 - Why fiction shuns the working world and why it matters. Includes David Lodge on鈥漀ice Work鈥.
September - October 2003

Fixing Germany - How to unify an economically divided country.

Not Made in Britain - Emerging markets have hit native production harder than ever. What future for British manufacturing?

Colour - In a colourful world, businesses have to keep up with the trend.

Odd jobs - Are university graduates equipped with the right skills for business?

Beyond the Bar code - A 鈥減hone number鈥 for every thing in the world : Radio Frequyency Identification systems (RFID) may change the way business works.

Million Dollar Jet - Vern Raeburn is attempting to produce a jet which will cost less than a million dollars. Can he succeed?

New Russia - Twelve years after the fall of Communism business life in Russia is very different.

Where Are We Now?听 - An autumn analysis of the economic outlook, and the future for business.

May - July听2003

Digital Radio - The future for radio in a digital age.

Corruption - Peter Day asks seven experts on corruption experts what can be done to clean up big business.

Fixing Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and James Maxmin, former head of Laura Ashley and Volvo UK, tell Peter Day how to create a new sort of business structure for the 21st century.

Growing Pains - Small businesses are risky businesses. The difficulties encountered by ambitious start-ups.

Business Gossip - What happens when gossip becomes profitable?

Business Studies - Big (and not so big) ideas from the St Gallen Symposium, a miniature Davos run by students.

Leadership - Past Masters 鈥 Modern managers learn lessons from history and literature.

Turkey - Big ambitions, lots to do: inside Turkish business.

The Uncertainty Principle听 - What did September 11th 2002 do to the global business outlook ?

January - February听2003

A matter of taste - What鈥檚 influencing the people who make our food?

The Battle for Hastings - How does a seaside town revive itself?

Marvin Bower - The only broadcast interview with the "inventor" of management consulting, Marvin Bower of McKinsey.

Porn Again - High tech and the adult entertainment industry.

Cry for Argentina - The economic collapse of a proud but fragile country.

Poverty Profits - How to serve the world's poor, profitably.

Picture Perfect (Audio Only)听 - An encounter with Thomas Kinkaid, the richest artist in the world.
August - October 2002

Managing Consulting - Who advises the advisers to big business?

Risky Business - Risk and reward in the insurance industry.

Net Profit - A look at the future of Internet business after the bursting of the dot com bubble.

Power Failure - What's gone wrong with the electricity industry?

Fly Move? - The battle in the air between no-frills flyers and established airlines.

Silicon Fenomenon - How is Cambridge, long recognised as a centre for academic excellence, cashing in on its ideas?

Business Angels - Innovative business start-ups benefit from investors willing to take big risks on them.

Disruptive Innovation听 - Creativity in the face of big business, or how to invent the future.

Zero Inflation听 鈥 The new economic era that business may find it hard to cope with.

May - June 2002

Entrepreneurs听 - YBEs : The breathtaking rise of some fearless Young British Entrepreneurs, including those behind Innocent Smoothies and FreshMinds.

China - Reshaping a New Economy 鈥 How China's entry into the World Trade Organisation will make or break its industrial development.

In the Boardroom听 - Corporate Responsibility 鈥 The role of the non-executive director when things go wrong.

The British Economy听 - Does Britain's booming economy owe more to Government planning or consumer spending?

Twins in Business听 - The plusses and minuses of keeping companies in the family. Would you want to work for a company run by twins ?

Inside Google听 鈥 Public Service or Big Business? A report from the Googleplex, including an interview with the founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin.
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