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The trial of Conrad Black - press baron, British peer, socialite and a man with a taste for the billionaire lifestyle - is due to start in Chicago. Among the charges he faces are fraud and racketee...ring. Lord Black faces strict bail conditions. He is one of Britain's best known businessmen, but if found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in a US jail. In a Money Programme special, Jeff Randall, who has followed the career of the former owner of the Daily Telegraph for 20 years and even worked for him, uncovers an extraordinary story of ambition and downfall.
The trial of Conrad Black - press baron, British peer, socialite and a man with a taste for the billionaire lifestyle - is due to start in Chicago. Among the charges he faces are fraud and racketee...ring. Lord Black faces strict bail conditions. He is one of Britain's best known businessmen, but if found guilty, he could spend the rest of his life in a US jail. In a Money Programme special, Jeff Randall, who has followed the career of the former owner of the Daily Telegraph for 20 years and even worked for him, uncovers an extraordinary story of ambition and downfall.
| Series: | The Money Programme |
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| First transmission date: | 13-03-2007 |
| Published: | 2007 |
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| Duration: | 00:29:58 |
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| Producer: | Martin Small |
| Contributors: | Leonard Asper; Conrad Black; Tom Bower; Herbert Debton; Jay Eisenhofer; Patrick Fitzgerald; Bill Gates; Bill Jamieson; Brian Lewis; Andrew Neil; Martin Newland; Jeff Randall; Chuck Wood |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Link to related site: | Website: http://open2.net/money/index.html |
| Subject terms: | Fraud; Newspaper owners--England |
| Production number: | LSGB693H |
| Videofinder number: | 7411 |
| Available to public: | no |
