The City Uncovered
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The City Uncovered with Evan Davis is a 2009 British
documentary series.
series, presented by journalist Evan Davis, was a part of the "City Season" programming on the BBC. It aired on BBC 2 in the UK at 9 pm on Wednesday evenings between 14 January and 28 January 2009. The episodes were shown again on BBC One
days later. The title is a reference to the common name of the financial areas of London, known as The City
, which is similar to places such as Wall Street
in New York City
.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
documentary series.
Background
The City Uncovered deals with the history of finance, and the recent events of the financial crisis of 2007–2010. The three-part BBCBBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
series, presented by journalist Evan Davis, was a part of the "City Season" programming on the BBC. It aired on BBC 2 in the UK at 9 pm on Wednesday evenings between 14 January and 28 January 2009. The episodes were shown again on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
days later. The title is a reference to the common name of the financial areas of London, known as The City
City of London
The City of London is a small area within Greater London, England. It is the historic core of London around which the modern conurbation grew and has held city status since time immemorial. The City’s boundaries have remained almost unchanged since the Middle Ages, and it is now only a tiny part of...
, which is similar to places such as Wall Street
Wall Street
Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Episode list
| Episode number | Title | Content | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Banks and How to Break Them" | Davis examines a brief history of banking and how banks are meant to work, and then discusses the chain of events which led to the downfall of Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker... in the US and Northern Rock Northern Rock Northern Rock plc is a British bank, best known for becoming the first bank in 150 years to suffer a bank run after having had to approach the Bank of England for a loan facility, to replace money market funding, during the credit crisis in 2007. Having failed to find a commercial buyer for... in the UK. |
14 January 2009 |
| 2 | "Tricks with Risk" | Davis examines risk management Risk management Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities... , derivatives, and how hedge fund Hedge fund A hedge fund is a private pool of capital actively managed by an investment adviser. Hedge funds are only open for investment to a limited number of accredited or qualified investors who meet criteria set by regulators. These investors can be institutions, such as pension funds, university... s are able to make money, if the markets go up, or down. |
21 January 2009 |
| 3 | "When Markets Go Mad" | Davis examines the beginnings of the current credit crisis including the bubble in property prices, and how prices can be set in the global financial markets. | 28 January 2009 |