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Who was responsible for Libor? It was hailed as the world’s most important number but who was looking after it and were the custodians behaving with integrity? While traders went to prison for rigging interest rates were there orchestrated manipulations of Libor by far bigger players?
Presenter: Andy Verity
Producer: Sarah Bowen
Music: Oskar Jones
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