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
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