The World of Business Episodes Episode guide
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In Business: Cabin Fever
Up in the air stuck in a metal tube for hours, can flying ever be a nice experience? a...
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In Business: A Tale of Two Sanctions
Peter Day talks to companies affected by economic sanctions imposed against Russia, by...
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In Business: The Music Industry
Peter Day investigates how much the music industry has changed in the past decade and...
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In Business: Fast and Furious
Peter Day reports on how the influence of UK motor racing is now reaching out into and...
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Iceland (2) β Crisis Refugees
The Banking bubble in Iceland not only created a bust but it also took many of the its...
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Iceland - In From The Cold
In 2008 Iceland's three main banks went bust plunging it into financial disaster.
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Hydrogen: The answer to Climate Change?
Once dubbed βfuel of the futureβ but hydrogen powered transport is now a reality.
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Hungaryβs βSlaveβ Law
The row over Hungaryβs new overtime law.
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How Sex Toys Became Sexy
Once objects of embarrassment, sex toys have become a multi-billion dollar industry.
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How Politics Broke up with Business
Why have politicians gone from cosying up to business, to turning a deaf ear?
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How Much is Your Rubbish Worth?
The global recycling industry is in turmoil. Ruth Alexander investigates.
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Horse Play
Innovation is hard work, says the British-born author and entrepreneur Kevin Ashton.
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ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Truths
Meet the companies trying to fundamentally change how houses are built.
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Hidden Depths
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies a...
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Hidden Depths
London-born Graham Hawkes is the man who has created a submersible vessel that flies a...
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Here Comes Indonesia
Brazil, Russia, India and China are the developing countries many experts think are on...
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Health Technology
Peter Days goes to Silicon Valley to discover the innovations that are promising to...
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Has Taiwan Lost Its Roar as an βAsian Tigerβ Economy?
Once known as a booming Asian Tiger economy, has Taiwan lost its roar?
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Guyana: Getting Rich Quick
What happens when big oil hits a small, poor nation?
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Growing Rich in China
Peter Day is back in China to hear from some of the newcomers making a splash on the...
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Growing Pains
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great us...
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Growing Pains
In the middle of a recession renewed economic growth is always considered the great us...
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Growing Old
As Baby Boomers start turning 65, many countries are quite suddenly growing old.
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Growing Old
As baby boomers turn 65, many countries are growing old. As Peter Day reports, this of...
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Green Shoots: growing food in UAEβs deserts
The United Arab Emirates plans to grow vegetables in the desert.
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Going Online the Cambodian Way
The story of one of Cambodiaβs first and most successful e-commerce businesses.
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Global Look Ahead 2014
Peter Day talks with three experts in their fields about the trends that will be our...
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Global Fashion 1
This week in Global Business, Peter Day is getting fashionable. He talks to 3 family...
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Global Business: Whatβs Ailing Argentina
Businesses in Argentina say they suffer from too much red tape, rampant inflation and...
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Global Business: The Violins of Cremona
Cremona in northern Italy is a centre of violin making but can a niche industry survive?