Money Programme, The: the Perils of the Motorway Pitstop and the Great Plane Robbery

Synopsis: Two episodes from the popular BBC2 programme.

Once notorious for bad, overpriced food and outdated facilities, now the big companies that run them say they are spending millions to transform their sites into desirable pitstops for Britain’s motorists. In The PERILS OF THE MOTORWAY PITSTOP, Libby Potter goes on a journey around the country to find out if motorway service stations have really changed. Could motorway service stations really become somewhere Britain’s motorists positively love to go, or are there still perils in store?

In The GREAT PLANE ROBBERY Rajan Datar investigates the accusation that some of the world’s biggest airlines are ripping off consumers in a massive price-fixing conspiracy. One of the companies under scrutiny is the world’s favourite airline British Airways, but there’s also a mystery about the role played by UK airline Virgin run by Richard Branson, renowned as a consumer champion.
Series: Money Programme, The
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Subjects: Business studies
Keywords: air transport; catering industry; Consumers; money; service industries; motorways; financial issues; Branson, Richard

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