Monday, May 14, 2012

14-20 May

The Truth About Tax - Panorama
BBC1 London 8:30pm-9:00pm (30 minutes) Mon 14 May
With Chancellor George Osborne recently branding aggressive tax avoidance `morally repugnant', Darragh MacIntyre investigates how some of the UK's biggest companies have been using the tax haven of Luxembourg to avoid paying millions they would otherwise owe. The programme reveals that some global firms have been benefiting from big concessions on billion-pound transactions

Inside Facebook: Zuckerberg's $100 Billion Gamble
BBC2 London 8:00pm-9:00pm (1 hour ) Mon 14 May
Emily Maitlis revisits her exploration of the social network, investigating how bosses plan to earn the billions of dollars new investors will expect when it is floated on the stock market this month. With contributions by founder Mark Zuckerberg and some of the company's senior executives, Maitlis examines how Facebook can build its advertising business from the personal information its users provide, without losing their trust

The Great Euro Crash with Robert Peston
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Thu 17 May
The BBC business editor talks to historians, economists and politicians to shed light on the history of the euro, from Churchill's vision of a United States of Europe to the bail-outs of Greece, Portugal and Ireland. The reporter also meets workers across the continent and learns the high cost they are paying for the financial crisis, and ponders how a collapse of the common currency could affect Britain

Mongol: The Rise to Power of Genghis Khan (2008)
BBC4 9:00pm-11:00pm (2 hours ) Sun 20 May
The story of the formative years of the renowned emperor. The future Khan is taken into slavery as a boy, following his father's death. From his downtrodden beginnings, he rises to become a mighty leader of his people, uniting the Steppe tribes under his rule and engaging in a bitter rivalry with a former friend. Starring Tadanobu Asano and Honglei Sun. In Mongolian and Mandarin

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

7May-12May

This World: Michael Portillo's Great Euro Crisis
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 9 May
The political commentator and eurosceptic travels to Greece and Germany to find out how the euro crisis has affected attitudes to monetary union. In Athens he wonders if there is a desire to return to the drachma, and speaks to a variety of people, including a destitute family, the former finance minister and the outgoing prime minister, about their views, some of which surprise him. In Germany he encounters taxpayers contributing to bailing out Greece while seeing angry protesters burning their country's flag, and asks whether the Eurozone is being pulled apart

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

30April-6 May

This World: The Shame of the Catholic Church
BBC2 London 9:00pm-10:00pm (1 hour ) Wed 2 May
Darragh MacIntyre investigates cases of child abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. Decades of assaults and cover-ups have caused severe problems for the faith, and he reveals evidence of a new scandal that may be linked to prominent individuals in the Irish church's hierarchy