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The Man Who Broke Britain
The Man Who Broke Britain
Release: 2004-12-09
·Runtime: 90m
Drama
TV Movie
A devastating terrorist strike wipes out much of Saudi Arabia's oil production; the same day a trader of Saudi origin disappears from English investment bank Sun First Credit (SFCB). Managers soon discover the missing trader, Samir Badr, has built up crippling debts, multiplied a hundred-fold by the attacks in Saudi. SFCB, once the toast of the city, suddenly heads for bankruptcy, taking a whole raft of other banks down with it. The resulting market crash and banking crisis will push Britain and the US into a 21st century recession. Will Britain be able to recover?
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Wall to Wall
BBC
Cast
George Potts
as Darren Waring
Martin Bashir
as Self
Mark Hyde
as Gordon Marnham
Adam Boulton
as Self
Tony Blair
as Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
as Self (archive footage)
Gerhard Schröder
as Self (archive footage)
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Narrator (voice)
Jeremy Booth
as Trader
Pauline Neville-Jones
as Self
Osama bin Laden
as Self (archive footage)
Kirsty Dillon
as Kirsty Rogers
Roger Barclay
as Jimmy
