The American icon behind the Guggenheim museum, Fallingwater and his own home, Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright became the greatest architect of the 20th century - not only because of his magnificent talent but because he was a master showman and self-publicist. The sheer scale of Lloyd Wright's career - over 450 buildings in 70 years - is astonishing in itself but there is much more to his story than the romantic myth his autobiography revealed. This BBC documentary explores Lloyd Wright's visionary works and reveals how his life was beset with periods of devastating critical derision, financial chaos, scandal, and a violent but little-known murder.

Take ten volunteers, half have psychiatric disorders, the other half don't - but who is who? Over five days the group are put through a series of challenges - from performing stand-up comedy to mucking out cows. The events are designed to explore the character traits of mental illness and ask whether the symptoms might be within all of us. Three leading experts in mental health attempt to spot which volunteers have been diagnosed with a mental health condition. But will the individuals who have suffered from mental illness reveal themselves? Part 1 of 2.

This film for BBC's One Life looks at a radical new initiative to tackle childhood bullying: peer mediation. Visiting Heatherbrook Primary School in Leicester, it looks at several children's experiences of bullying, from their own point of view. Eight year old Jordan's big 'Dumbo' ears make him different to his mates, giving them an obvious nickname to taunt him with. Jordan is often alone in the playground, running around the periphery of games, being told he can't play, being pushed from one side of the playground to the other. "Everytime I'm being bullied, I look up at the sky and just say in my head, 'I wish I wish there were no bullies around, not ever'." Eight year old Stephanie has even thought about killing herself. Two experts are coming into the school to select and train a team of "peer mediators". Once on the job these pint-sized peacekeepers will be on duty every break and lunchtime to try to defuse minor disputes before they escalate into something far worse. The film follows a group of children as they go through the process of selection, training and starting on the job. The BBC's One Life series looks at the issue in depth this evening. "Beating the Bullies" takes us into the secret world of a junior school playground through the kids' eyes and shows us just what the reality of school bullying is.

It all began when a small recording studio opened in an old bus depot in the seaside town of Devonport. Producer Rikki Morris blames a teenaged Finn Andrews who wandered in off the street and asked to record a demo. As soon as he heard that voice, Rikki says he knew that Finn Andrews was going to be a star. Before long, Finn was signed in the UK with his band, The Veils - but that was just the beginning! News travels fast in small towns they say, and in Devonport, the possibility of becoming a rock star suddenly became an 'achievable dream' in the minds of the young locals. At the nearby high schools, lunchtimes were taken up with jamming with whoever was around, and absorbing the lessons of 60s and 70s rock history from mum and dad's dusty collection. Bands were formed, The Bus studio became the place to be, and the 'achievable dreams' started to happen. Filmed over 18 months, the film takes up the stories of three of these bands - The Checks, the Electric Confectionaires, and White Birds & Lemons, who each have their own take on the lessons of 'the old masters' of their parents era. The documentary features recording sessions, impromptu jams, and indoor and outdoor gigs on the journey toward every guitar band's dream. Amidst the music and impromptu comedy, Rikki Morris and the band members share insights on the inner workings of bands, and the prospects and process of 'making it'. While there are currently over 40 bands who now use the old bus depot as their practice/recording space, the three featured bands are at the core of the 'Devonport band phenomenon' - two of them have been signed to international labels, and all three bands have played at The Big Day Out.

The first comprehensive television biography of Jane Austen, the first indisputable genius of the English novel. This definitive documentary will satisfy the surge of interest in her life following the acclaimed BBC adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, and forthcoming productions of Emma Thompson's Sense and Sensibility and at least two Emmas. Fast paced and witty, this film visits the stately home of her brothers, the ballrooms of her friends, and the beach at Sidmouth where she fell in love. Descendents of her aristocratic family and contemporary writers including PD James act as guides through her life.

In this episode of The Ascent of Money Niall Ferguson investigates the creation of the bond market in Renaissance Italy and its effects on military history as it swept westward across Europe and on to the United States. One of the great pillars of world finance, it also played a significant role in the establishing of rich and powerful dynasties such as the Rothschilds and retains its influence to this day.

Since the 1990s, once risky markets in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe have become better investments than the UK or US stock market. The explanation is the rise of 'Chimerica' - the economic marriage of China and the United States. But does it make sense for poor Chinese savers to lend to rich American spenders?

With bricks and mortar the favourite form of investment across the English-speaking world, Niall Ferguson examines the role of the property-owning masses in the global economy. He explores how the sub-prime mortgage crisis that began in 2007 heralded the current downturn, when for the first time in years the price of property began to fall and lenders realised their security was a house of cards.

Niall Ferguson describes the history of global finance and charts the epoch-making events of the capitalist system through the centuries, seeking lessons for the present crisis. He begins by examining the origins of banking with the Medici family and the innovative concepts of credit and debt which underpin the world economy and have driven progress for millennia.

Niall Ferguson explores stock market bubbles by tracing the rise and fall of two of the most famous investment companies in history, the Dutch East India and the French Mississippi. Finding parallels between the American crash of the 18th century and the more recent Enron scandal, he uses theories of behavioural finance to explain the human herding instinct when it comes to investment.

Anna Wintour, Editor American Vogue Anna Wintour, British-born doyenne of American Vogue, is reputedly the world's most powerful fashion editor. This compelling documentary provides a window on the inside world of glamour and power at the highest possible level. It asks what it is like to work for Anna and explores how she is perceived by the fashion industry.

Pauline Clare, Police Constable 53-year-old Chief Constable Pauline Clare made history four years ago when she was appointed the first female Police Chief Constable in the 80 years since women were first admitted to the Police Force in Britain. The film follows Pauline Clare as her force tackle drug-related crime and plan the security for the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool.

The Curry Queen Perween Warsi, also known as The Curry Queen, is the second richest Asian businesswomen in Britain. A mere 13 years ago, she was selling samosas from the small kitchen of her Derby home. Today, her business has an annual turnover of ú100 million, and in 1997 Perween was awarded an MBE for her services to the food industry. Boss Women follows Perween as she develops new dishes for the supermarket Safeway, and follows her search for a site for a new factory.

He was only 18 when he made his first million. Today he is the boss of the international company Virgin Enterprises and nobody can stop him. Richard Branson is one of the richest men in Britain and he is definitely one of its most eccentric and courageous entrepreneurs. Richard Branson began his entrepreneurial trajectory in the 70s, making money from what was then a hobby. With the success of the album "Tubular Bells" which he produced he launched a music label, Virgin Records, and stars like the Rolling Stones, U2, Janet Jackson and Phil Collins came flocking to a label that seemed to nurture creativity. Today, Virgin Enterprises runs a huge number of businesses - from condoms to airlines. More than 50.000 people work for Virgin, despite the fact that Branson claims to not know how to use a personal computer. His strengths lie in founding new enterprises, not necessarily in leading them himself, and moving on to the next challenge.

E-Bay is the quintessential global market. This lively film travels from a small town in Germany, to the island of Sky, to a dusty village in Mexico and then to bustling cities in China to show how individuals all over the world are using the internet to buy and sell. Of course, not everyone is making a bundle. Some offerings don't sell at their price and have to be re-listed, at a cost. But the film shows that opportunities abound. An unemployed family in Germany is starting to make a living as traders. As the narrator says, nationality, race, education, skin color, all these differences fade away on the internet. E-bay is shown celebrating its 10th anniversary in San Jose, California with great festivities and acclaim. With all its success, it is beginning to face a challenge in the Chinese market where an ambitious competitor is steadily growing.

Niall Ferguson visits New Orleans to explore how insurance can be inadequate cover for catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina, looking at what happens when the state is forced to step in. He examines the development of the welfare system in post-war Japan and studies Chilean reforms in the 1970s and 1980s, before assessing the role of hedge funds as reliable protection against an uncertain future.

It takes a certain kind of obsession to make pinot noir wine. Known as the heartbreak grape, pinot noir is very particular, and only flourishes in a few locations around the world. So when a few passionate - some thought foolhardy - New Zealanders planted pinot noir in Central Otago, in the deep south of New Zealand, it seemed an enterprise destined for failure. Yet the best can come from the most unlikely of places. Today the rocky slopes and thyme-filled valleys of Central Otago make up the fastest growing wine region in the world. This evocative film explores the challenges of chasing pinot noir perfection, finds out why Central Otago pinot noir is unique, and tells the remarkable story behind the one of the most elusive wines in the world.

For Muslims everywhere, the ultimate goal is to make the Hajj at least once during their lifetime. This spiritual journey is the basic premise of an entire religion and sees impoverished African Muslims mixing with their incredibly wealthy Western counterparts. This documentary follows some of the 20,000 Britons who make the journey to Mecca, unravelling the mysterious aura that surrounds this remarkable event. This documentary combines the backdrop of Mecca with interviews to provide a previously undocumented view of Islam.

This BBC Channel 4 documentary shows how the experiences of five lesbian and gay Muslims in Britain challenge the heterosexual bias in Muslim communities and illustrate the diversity within Islam. There are diverse perspectives on homosexuality amongst Muslims, ranging from condemnation through to the Muslim Canadian Congress's welcome for legislation redefining marriage to include same-sex partners. Some 200 lesbian and gay Muslims were contacted by the programme makers but only a handful were willing to be interviewed, and most of those insisted on keeping their identities hidden. Only one was prepared to show his face and give his true name. The interviewees speak of their commitment to and belief in Islam, though instead of having their beliefs supported by their community and family, they face being ostracised. 'Shakir' and his parents find it easier to accept lesbianism than gay men's homosexuality. 'Farah' contemplates going back into the closet, to lie about her sexuality to ease the tension in her relationship with her parents.

The changes in the brain during the growth and development of a baby into an adult are explored. Susan Greenfield looks at how little of the fine structure of our brains is predetermined at birth, how the connections between nerves are constantly changing in response to what we encounter in the outside world. She explains her view that learning, memory and even the process of becoming a unique individual, should all be seen as a restless brain adapting minute by minute to the environment it encounters. Life is about how the world leaves its mark on us.

In this film, acclaimed documentary maker Jane Treays enters the worlds of children on the edge of society, examining how they cope when their lives are shaped by extreme circumstances. Young Carers examines the situation in the UK where children as young as eight are asked to act as grown-ups, taking care of relatives who are unable to look after themselves. This challenging film follows children seeking to manage their parents' physical and mental health problems, losing their childhood as they do.

This documentary offers a sweeping look at China's recent past and its future as the great country prepares to enter the 21st century. The filmmaker Peter Kauffman explains that the reason he made the film was due to an excited phone call from Xiozhen Jiang, his longtime friend and daughter of renowned Chinese screen actress Bai Yang. During the call she told Kauffman that China had turned into "the wildest place on Earth." Intrigued, Kaufman and his father, distinguished filmmaker Philip Kaufman, journeyed to China and made this film. The film's scope addresses the country's social, political, and economic history leading up to 1989 and the Tiananmen Square massacre. Special attention is paid to the dilemmas facing the millions of residents who are wheeling and dealing amidst new freedoms and a burgeoning economy leading to problems such as homeless itinerant workers, corrupt officials, gangsterism and prostitution.

A series profiling some of the remarkable women and men who had the greatest influence on the last century.

This documentary film follows ten Midwestern teenagers as they attend the first overnight Bible Camp for gay Christian youths. For these six boys and four girls, it’s just as hard to come out as Christian as it is to come out as gay. They’re caught in the battle between religion, politics and sexuality that’s raging in the United States today. These kids are outsiders – their straight classmates ostracize them and their churches reject them. But like all teens, they yearn to feel at home, somewhere. Struggling to find a way to be true to both their spirituality and their sexual identity, these teens come to camp hoping to finally find a place of acceptance.

Meet the scientific prophets who claim we are on the verge of creating a new type of human - a human v.2.0, in this BBC Horizon documentary. It’s predicted that by 2029 computer intelligence will equal the power of the human brain, a point of convergence referred to as the Singularity. Some believe this will revolutionize humanity - we will be able to download our minds to computers extending our lives indefinitely. Others fear this will lead to oblivion by giving rise to destructive ultra intelligent machines.

In July 2005, filmmaker Scott Hicks started shooting a documentary about the composer Philip Glass to celebrate his 70th anniversary in 2007. Over the next 18 months, Scott followed Philip across three continents - from his annual ride on the Coney Island 'Cyclone' roller coaster, to the world premiere of his new opera in Germany and in performance with a didgeridoo virtuoso in Australia. Allowed unprecedented access to Glass' working process, family life, spiritual teachers and long time collaborators, Hicks gives us a unique glimpse behind the curtain into the life of a surprising and complex man. 'GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts' is a remarkable mosaic portrait of one of the greatest - and at times controversial - artists of this or any era.

One of the most influential composers of the 20th century is profiled and his music re-interpreted by contemporary musicians and commentators. Born in Germany, Weill came to the US in 1935. Composer of the Threepenny Opera, Mahagonny, Lady in the Dark, Street Scene and many other innovative works for the theater. His extensive list of works also includes well-known songs and instrumental music, preserved on innumerable recordings.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder kids are often bright and able, but for some reason unable to concentrate. The repercussions, for all involved, can be devastating. The current, controversial treatment, Ritalin, is a powerful amphetamine. This sensitive, uplifting documentary shows what it is really like to live with ADHD, and investigates the new science that is giving hope to its victims. To some doctors, ADHD is merely an excuse for bad parenting. They blame too much television, poor diet and parents who just don't bother. Try telling that to the Fischer family. Two of the children have ADHD, as does Charlotte, their Mum. Charlotte's life was blighted by years of people refusing to believe anything was wrong with her. It led to failure at school and drug abuse. But now she is determined to make sure that what happened to her won't happen to her kids. Follow the Fischer family as they cope with these pressures, and are helped to make sense of the condition by a team of paediatricians and child psychologists. This film shows that ADHD need not be a disaster for its victims. One of the key revelations is that strong, early intervention can transform these children. And what effect does the powerful drug, Ritalin, have on the children? A powerful amphetamine, it would make most people manic, but actually calms ADHD kids down. Ritalin is highly controversial, with allegations that some doctors subscribe it to children whom many would regard as simply annoying. But parents of true ADHD kids say it gives them a crucial window of opportunity in which a child can learn how to behave, build relationships and lay the foundations of a normal life. Other available drug treatments are also explored. The cameras also follow another family going through the traumatic, shocking process of diagnosis and captures the gradual transformation of their lives as science, in the form of new treatments, comes to their aid. Full of love, tears and laughter, this is ultimately an uplifting tale of real people triumphing over tough situations. The fact is that the Fischers are a happy family. They may be different but, in their words, "That's your problem, not ours".

Al Gore’s Academy Award-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth has done a lot to raise the international awareness of the environmental issue of global warming. But where do things stand today? The Antarctica Challenge is a documentary that goes to the source of the climate change crisis: Antarctica. Here it explores first-hand the environmental challenges facing that frozen continent and, by extension, the world.

Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam, follows William Dalrymple on a personal journey into the mystical and musical side of Islam as he charts the traditions of Sufi music in Syria, Turkey, Pakistan, India and Morocco. Taking many different forms across the Islamic world - from the Whirling Dervishes of Turkey to the Qawwali music of Pakistan or the latest Grammy-winning CD by Youssou N'Dour - Sufism has produced some of the world's most spectacular and inspirational music celebrated by Muslims and non-Muslims alike. Sufi Soul shows the music in its authentic, live setting in Sufi shrines and meeting places across the Islamic world, but also how it's a part of popular culture. In Pakistan it features the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, his nephew Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Abida Parveen, the extraordinary Sufi troubadour Sain Zahoor and Pakistan's most popular pop group Junoon. In Turkey there's ney player Kudsi Erguner, Whirling Dervishes from Istanbul and the club-Sufi Mercan Dede.

Every year, foreign factory trawlers with foreign crews, Korean, Russian or Polish, operate in New Zealand waters, chartered by New Zealand companies to catch their Deep-sea Quota, depriving New Zealand crews and processing workers of much needed jobs, and our economy of revenue. New Zealand has the 4th largest Exclusive Economic Zone in the world (within a 200 mile boundary line around our country) measuring 4.4 million square kilometres, controlled by our government. Within that zone, 130 fish species are commercially caught every year, with a quota value of $3.8 billion and an export value of $1.5 billion and yet New Zealanders are not reaping due rewards. Foreign fishing boats and their foreign crews have been fishing in New Zealand waters since the early 1950's. These vessels are chartered by New Zealand companies to catch their quota for them. Some of our largest fishing companies use them extensively as well as individual New Zealanders who own massive quota holdings, this despite the fact that since 1996, New Zealand has had the capacity to catch all its own fish without the need to use foreign trawlers, except for the harvesting of squid. Foreign fishing boats catch 45% of all Deep-sea fish, and over 50% of all fish caught in New Zealand waters are processed overseas, mainly in Thailand and China. Profit, not employment has been the priority in managing a resource that all New Zealanders should benefit from. This documentary explains how foreign boats can deliberately overfish certain species, knowing that the fine can often be less than the market price for that fish. Those most often hit by this practice are the local fishermen. If a fish stocks numbers reduce, the Ministry of Fisheries reduces the quota that can be caught. What often happens is that companies chartering foreign boats will then take remaining quota away from New Zealand fishermen and add it to existing quota for foreign boats, making sure that these boats stay financially viable for the whole year. The problem is that NZ fishermen now have a lot less fish to catch, reduced income with increasing costs, and are forced to either sell their boat and downsize, or get out of the industry altogether - a tough call when you've spent all your life at sea. No credits.

Film maker, Fran Landsman, spent 11 weeks at Moorlands Infant School in Bath to make this highly original film revealing the dramas that mark these first crucial weeks for the four year old new entrants.

The Road to Jerusalem tells the life and times of James K. Baxter, using his own words in poetry and prose, given context by reminiscence from family, close friends and confidants. And all the words are supported and further illuminated by the dense stream of visual imagery running parallel. Baxter's childhood in Brighton, painful adolescence in Dunedin, and then his steady rise in fame as a poet are all documented, as it were, from the inside. His split with his family and later elevation to the status of resident guru in the commune at Jerusalem are all presented in intimate and often painful detail.

Allan Wilson was the Pukekohe-raised scientist who revolutionised the study of evolutionary biology. Inspired by birds, he developed molecular approaches to 'clock' evolutionary change, and raised the hypothesis that humans evolved from one 'Eve' in Africa about 200,000 years ago. He is the only New Zealander to win a pretigious US MacArthur “genius” Award. The Listener called the film, a "shrewd insight into the man himself: the quintessential pioneering expat Kiwi individualist." It was made in partnership with UC Berkeley where Wilson was based for 35 years.

This groundbreaking documentary dissects a slanderous aspect of cinematic history that has run virtually unchallenged from the earliest days of silent film to today's biggest Hollywood blockbusters. Featuring acclaimed author Dr. Jack Shaheen, the film explores a long line of degrading images of Arabs - from Bedouin bandits and submissive maidens to sinister sheikhs and gun-wielding "terrorists" - along the way offering devastating insights into the origin of these stereotypic images, their development at key points in US history, and why they matter so much today. Shaheen shows how the persistence of these images over time has served to naturalize prejudicial attitudes toward Arabs and Arab culture, in the process reinforcing a narrow view of individual Arabs and the effects of specific US domestic and international policies on their lives. By inspiring critical thinking about the social, political, and basic human consequences of leaving these Hollywood caricatures unexamined, the film challenges viewers to recognize the urgent need for counter-narratives that do justice to the diversity and humanity of Arab people and the reality and richness of Arab history and culture.

Surfing Samoa focusses on the indigenous surfing cultures of the South Pacific. Narrated by NZ Samoan hip hop musician King Kapisi.

Faster is an electrifying tribute to the white-knuckle world of the Motorcycle Grand Prix - the fastest sport on two wheels - where only the most audacious competitors race at speeds over 200mph and crash at over 100mph. Narrated by actor and motobike fan Ewan McGregor, Faster chases two seasons’ worth of the world championship, featuring revealing interviews with riders, mechanics, doctors, commentators and fans.

This part follows the trial and conviction of Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky's grinning face was famously beamed across the world from behind the bars of the court's cage, and this episode reveals the tactics that Putin used to suppress the oil baron and separate him from his company and wealth.

Dispatches exposes the new surge in violence inflicted on the Burmese people by their own regime. Enslaved by a brutal military dictatorship which wields absolute power, Burma is a secretive state where suppression reigns and dissent is not tolerated. Journalist Evan Williams, who is banned from entering the country after reporting on Burma for more than 10 years, goes undercover to investigate the mass ethnic cleansing, forced labour and vicious clamping down of political opposition which characterise the dictatorship.

As the result of a law passed by former state governor George W Bush, teenagers in Lubbock, Texas, are expected to take a 'purity pledge', vowing to remain virgins until their wedding nights. This documentary asks whether the town's youngsters find it easy to stick to their promise and if, by putting the emphasis on abstinence rather than sex education, the pledge fosters a climate of fear and misinformation.

Tito, an eleven-year-old boy from Bangalore, south India, is severely autistic, but he is deeply philosophical, with a profound comprehension of his own condition. Insightful and often humorous, he reveals exactly what it means to be autistic, and in doing so challenges the orthodox thinking about autism. The British Autistic Society flew Tito, accompanied by his mother, Somo, to London for assessment. Many have doubted his abilities and have even suggested that he is at the centre of an elaborate hoax. What will the experts really think? Will his uncontrollable behaviour let him down?

This documentary looks at the new right ideology that transformed public education in the 80s and 90s and the schism it caused with teachers. Interviews with parents, teachers and unionists are cut together with archive footage of treasury officials and politicians advocating that schools be run as businesses. There are vexed board of trustees' meetings, an infamous deal between Avondale College and Pepsi, and teachers take their opposition from the classroom to the streets. The film is the third in Alister Barry's series critical of neo-liberal reform in NZ.

Broadcast a year before the Litvinenko murder, this fascinating series lifted the lid on the struggle that still continues between Putin, and his adversaries, the Russian Oligarchs. The first part follows exile and Litvinenko associate Boris Berezovsky as he campaigns to fight Putin in the Media and along Russia's borders. Under threat of arrest Berezovsky travels to revolutionary Ukraine for the campaign to elect Yuschenko.

Final part in the formidable series on Putin's fight with the oligarchs. Shot a year before the murder of Litvinenko, this film examines Putin's fight with the only serious rival for the presidency,Yuri Luzhkov. The crew follow Luzhkov, the renegade billionnaire Mayor of Moscow as he takes the fight to Putin showing both the ruthless methods in which Putin crushes his opposition and the extreme corruption that exist at the highest levels of Russian government.

A fierce explorer and archaeologist, lyrical writer and cunning politician, Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) spent much of her life traveling throughout present-day Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan & Israel.

Marguerite Harrison (1879 - 1967) was a reporter, spy, film maker, and translator who was one of the four founding members of the Society of Woman Geographers. Harrison spied for the United States in Russia and Japan, arriving in Russia in 1920 as an Associated Press correspondent. She assessed Bolshevik economic strengths and weakness and assisted American political prisoners in Russia. She was held captive in Lubyanka, the infamous Russian prison, for ten weeks. While there she contracted tuberculosis and due to pressure from her influential contacts she was eventually set free in exchange for food and other aid to Russia.

Follows Bill Manhire, Chris Orsman and Nigel Brown, 3 New Zealand artists and writers on a visit to Antarctica to portray the continent in art and poetry. While there they produced a limited edition of Homelight : an Antarctic miscellany.

Aviator Amelia Earhart was the first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross which she was awarded as the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines an organization for female pilots. During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life career and disappearance continues to this day.

Eight ordinary people are given a million dollars, a fortnight of intensive training and two months to run their own hedge fund. Can they make a killing? The experiment reveals the inner workings of a City trading floor. The money is supplied by hedge fund manager Lex van Dam: he wants to see if ordinary people can beat the professionals, and he expects a return on his investment too. Yet no-one foresees the financial crisis that lies ahead. The traders were selected in spring 2008, before the US credit crisis gathered pace. The successful candidates were chosen, trained and dispatched to their specially created trading room in the heart of the Square Mile. Among them are an environmentalist, a soldier, a boxing promoter, an entrepreneur, a retired IT consultant, a vet, a student and a shopkeeper. As the novices learn the dark art of trading stocks and shares, the financial markets start to buckle. Making money takes second place to basic survival as the brutal realities of global economics take their toll on the traders. How do they cope? Will they secure themselves a bonus, or walk away with nothing?

In 1966, General Motors, the most powerful corporation in the world, sent private investigators to dig up dirt on an obscure thirty-two year old public interest lawyer named Ralph Nader, who had written a book critical of one of their cars, the Corvair. The scandal that ensued after the smear campaign was revealed launched Ralph Nader into national prominence and established him as one of the most admired Americans and the leader of the modern Consumer Movement. Over the next thirty years and without ever holding public office, Nader built a legislative record that is the rival of any contemporary president. Many things we take for granted including seat belts, airbags, product labeling, no nukes, even the free ticket you get after being bumped from an overbooked flight are largely due to the efforts of Ralph Nader and his citizen groups. Yet today, when most people hear the name "Ralph Nader" they think of the man who gave the country George W. Bush. As a result, after sustaining his popularity and effectiveness over an unprecedented amount of time, he has become a pariah even among former friends and allies. How did this happen? Is he really to blame for George W. Bush? Who has stuck by him and who has abandoned him? Has our democracy become a consumer fraud? After being so right for so many years, how did he seem to go so wrong?