The last Panorama of 2008
Monday night's Panorama will be the last programme of the year and focuses on the biggest story of 2008 - the dramatic global economic downturn.
With in America, household names like going under in the UK and recession hitting powerful economies like , credit and the lack of it have dominated headlines worldwide.
In Britain, one man has been the source of all the latest information on the economy. Via his blog and reports on TV and radio Robert Peston has delivered a series of major scoops, starting with need for emergency Government funding earlier this year.
You may also remember that following a dramatic week in October which saw the government announce a £400bn rescue package for the UK's banking system, Robert took part in a Panorama live special, Britain in the Red: Your Questionbillion-dollar bail outs in America, household names like Woolworths going under in the UK and recession hitting powerful economies like Germany, credit and the lack of it have dominated headlines worldwide.
In Britain, one man has been the source of all the latest information on the economy. Via his blog and reports on TV and radio Robert Peston has delivered a series of major scoops, starting with Northern Rock's need for emergency Government funding earlier this year.
You may also remember that following a dramatic week in October which saw the government announce a for the UK's banking system, Robert took part in a Panorama live special, .
In that hour alone he received over 2000 emails and asking for his thoughts on the credit crisis. If you missed it, you can still and the answers to some of your questions via our website.
Now Peston's also been too for becoming part of the story and having a potentially dangerous impact on the economy as well.
We'll look into all of that on, Monday at 8.30 pm on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ One.
Expect exclusive interviews with and leading regulators as well as some revealing insights about Peston himself.
Comment number 1.
At 23rd Dec 2008, splendidSoothsayer wrote:The Panorama programme was abysmal.
I tuned in expecting to get a quick dose of current affairs. But instead I got a hagiography of a self-important business reporter who managed to get a scoop.
Was I interested in which school Robert went to? No. Is it important what Robert's dad did for a living? Nope. Do I care what time Robert rises in the morning? Fascinating as it may be, the answer is no.
The biggest shame about the programme Panorama was that there was a half-decent programme fighting to get out there: the inside story into the events leading up to the bank bailout. But instead most of the programme looked like a PR promo for Peston plc.
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Comment number 2.
At 23rd Dec 2008, hendersson wrote:I couldn't agree more with the comments in 1. This was a potentially interesting programe muddied with irrelevant puff for Robert Peston. The journalist became the story rather than reporting the story.
Any chance Robert might ask a real probing question? If the bank CEOs didn't know what was going on with reckless lending they were incompetent and if they did know they were fools. Somehow they're all, for the most part, still in their jobs though. Sometimes I feel Robert's a bit too pally with these guys.
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