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The Billion-Pound Savings Scandal

Each year, a billion pounds is lost in failed investment schemes. Panorama tells the story of one of them as its member challenge the regulators they believe failed them.

Offshore money, huge fees, suspicious payments and a phantom head of the KGB - just some of what a group of ordinary British savers discovered when the Β£46 million fund they had invested in collapsed. Each year, a billion pounds is lost in failed investment schemes. Panorama tells the story of one of them and follows investors as they try to unravel the truth about the Blackmore Bond, a Manchester-based scheme, and challenge the regulators they believe failed them.

59 minutes

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Role Contributor
Director Luke Mendham
Director Andrew Thompson
Producer Luke Mendham
Executive Producer Sandy Smith
Executive Producer Mike Lewis
Editor Karen Wightman
Production Company Nine Lives Media

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