Business and Management

Blackfish - The Whale that Killed | Storyville

Documentary which unravels the story of notorious performing whale Tilikum, who - unlike any orca in the wild - has taken the ...

Cadbury Exposed | Dispatches

Undercover in Ghana, Antony Barnett investigates Britain's best-loved chocolate brand and reveals for the first time child labour in its supply ...

Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...

Slavery on the High Street

For seven years, vulnerable victims of trafficking were forced to make food for major high street chains. How did their exploitation go undetected...

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

02: Fashion | Secrets of the Superbrands

Fashion novice Alex Riley dives into the world of clothing superbrands to find out how these billion dollar global organisations hav...

Trade | World's Busiest Cities

Global trade in Hong Kong's busy harbour.

Importing Dutch tomatoes | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ade travels to the Netherlands to see where we import most of our tomatoes from.

Importing food from abroad | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Cherry find out how all our fresh food is bought and traded with the rest of the world.

Amazon and bookselling | Business Boomers

Many bookshops rue Amazon as an alternative because Amazon are able to make a loss on certain books and charge much less.

Adapting to change | Business Boomers

Adapting to change is key for the big coffee shops, as Starbucks decide to individualise their store designs and Costa goes electronic.

Free Trade | World's Busiest Cities

The history of HSBC and banking in Hong Kong.

British trade | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Looks at our trading nation and how we import and export goods since Brexit.

Unethical business behaviours (Cadburys) (Part 2) | Dispatches

Unethical workers in Ghana for Cadburys. Video shows unethical treatment and part 2 tells of the consequences ...

Unethical business behaviours (Cadburys) (Part 1) | Dispatches

Unethical workers in Ghana for Cadburys. Video shows unethical treatment and part 2 tells of the consequences ...

Global food costs (importing) | Talking Business

How food prices are going up due to importing costs and trade tariffs. Why some food costs go up and others go down, the sta...

E-Bikes: The Battle for Our Streets | Panorama

Adrian Chiles investigates the extraordinary rise of electric bikes on our streets and what that means for drivers, pedestrian...

S04E01: Britain's Embarrassing Emissions | Mischief

Rebecca Wilcox has an embarrassing problem - her carbon dioxide emissions, but she's ready to do something about them. Bu...

Sustainability and Style | The Conscious Closet

What is greenwashing? What really happens to our old clothes? Is vegan leather worth the hype? And why is fast fashion so che...

Tariffs and trade | Talking Business

How tariffs impact businesses

Fast fashion | Stacey Dooley Investigates

How the fashion industry keeps us buying more.

02: Fashion | Secrets of the Superbrands

Fashion novice Alex Riley dives into the world of clothing superbrands to find out how these billion dollar global organisations hav...

Episode 2 | Building Cars: Secrets of the Assembly Line

James May, Kate Humble and Ant Anstead are back at one of the biggest and busiest car factories in Britain. Think you...

S16E03: Non-Alcoholic Drinks | The Apprentice

The candidates' next task is creating and branding a new non-alcoholic drink and hosting a launch event where they will be pitc...

How Louis Vuitton and Chanel market their brand | Secrets of the Superbrands

A look at the pyramid of products produced by the top brands and why customer buy their products.

S05E05 | The Apprentice

The teams must launch a brand identity for a new breakfast cereal: come up with a name for the cereal, design a look for the box and shoot a TV ad ca...

01: Coffee Shop Hot Shots | Business Boomers

Looking at why the nation became obsessed with coffee shops, and how the brands do battle for our custom. With behind-the-scenes...

Promoting products - Typhoo and Yorkshire Tea | Inside the Superbrands

Looks at the tea industry and how two competitors, Typhoo and Yorkshire tea, run their promotion throu...

Production - Inside the Guiness factory | Inside the Superbrands

A tour around Irelands number 1 tourist attraction, St Jamess Gate. Looks at the process of production using...

Factors effecting demand | Inside the Superbrands

Using advertising and promotion through celebrity endorsement can boost sales

Heinz's Product Mix | Inside the Superbrands

Identifying the different types of Heinz products

Million Pound Selfie Sell Off | Panorama

Catrin Nye investigates the use of digital influencers in the advertising industry and the impact this new form of advertising is ha...

02: Marketing Mess-ups | Business Nightmares with Evan Davis

With British business leaders, Evan Davis reveals how marketing and publicity plans can turn from clever ideas i...

Episode 2 | Flatpack Empire

What does it take to get new products from initial design to stores around the world?

01: Heinz | Inside the Superbrands

Helen goes behind the beans to see how Heinz make their bestsellers and how they're developing new products for the next generation, befor...

03: Kellogg's | Inside the Superbrands

Helen goes behind the scenes of iconic cereal brand Kellogg's to see what makes Corn Flakes and Frosties so grrreat, before finding ou...

Lush and market research | Peter Jones Meets

Owners of Lush, Mark and Mo, admit they don't do any market research and tell consumers "what they want".

08: The People vs Purdue Pharma | Dopesick

Activists step up the pressure by taking action against Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers - and Richard Sackler's empire is finally i...

07: Black Box Warning | Dopesick

Richard Sackler and Purdue work the system to prevent their drug from being reigned in. Bridget has a breakthrough in her mission, Betsy hit...

06: Hammer the Abusers | Dopesick

Richard Sackler faces a catastrophic challenge to Purdue's bottom line. Bridget takes her fight to the FDA. Finnix is forced to reassess hi...

Fruit and Veg | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey delve into the hectic world of Britain's imports and exports. Ed is at London G...

Flow production at Heinz (1) | Inside the Superbrands

How are Heinz baked beans made?

Cars | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey explore how much we really know about the logistics that enable Britain to buy and sell ...

How Kellogs have created new, healthier products to keep up with changing trends | Inside the Superbrands

Behind the scenes look at how Kellogs is producing new healthier pr...

Just In Time (JIT) at Toyota | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Looks at how Toyota use JIT for their inventory management system and how a delay could impact their prod...

Inside Rolls-Royce

A privileged peek into the exclusive world of British heritage car brand Rolls-Royce. The cameras follow the team at the Goodwood factory as they manufact...

Importing Dutch tomatoes | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ade travels to the Netherlands to see where we import most of our tomatoes from.

Big Data | Bang Goes The Theory

Liz Bonnin sees how big data monitors Rolls Royce jet engines, and Jem Stansfield creates a low-tech computer system.

Importing food from abroad | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Cherry find out how all our fresh food is bought and traded with the rest of the world.

How Heinz creates their brand and products (Featuring Ed Sheeran) (Part 1) | Inside the Superbrands

Part one looks at the Heinz product is created and how many people actual...

Flow production at Heinz (2) | Inside the Superbrands

How is Heinz ketchup made?

S15E04: Electric Bikes | The Apprentice

Lord Sugar summons the candidates to the London Transport Museum, where they learn that this week's task is to create and sell their ...

Quality control | Inside the Factory

Gregg Wallace visits the quality control area of the factory.

How Heinz creates their brand and products (Featuring Ed Sheeran) (Part 2) | Inside the Superbrands

Part 2 looks more at how they use continuous product development to stay ...

Rolls-Royce - Creating the best | Inside Rolls-Royce

A look at what Rolls-Royce is adding to its cars to create a USP and remain luxurious in their product development

Walls considering sustainability | Inside the Superbrands

Walls ice cream look at solar panels on their carts to get their products to customers in more sustainable ways.

How Walkers ensure quality control of their crisps | Inside the Superbrands

The video looks into the operations of the Walkers Leicester factory , including their quality c...

Ikea - Recruitment | Flatpack Empire

Ikea are looking for 500 new staff members for their store opening. The recruitment and selection team are looking for applicants with 8...

Sugar beets | Countryfile

Charlotte Smith investigates why the UK’s sugar beet farmers are facing an uncertain future.

Seafood | What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day

Ed Balls, Ade Adepitan and Cherry Healey look at seafood. Surprisingly, the fish caught off British shores are largely dispatc...

S19E01 | Dragons' Den

A Scottish entrepreneur presents a pint-sized gadget that he hopes will be big business, and a robotic invention sends the Dragons into a virtual world.

Entrepreneurship (3) | Peter Jones Meets...

The risk of setting up a business and learning from failure

Episode 1 | Peter Jones Meets...

Britain's top entrepreneurs reveal how they made their millions. Peter talks to Mark and Mo Constantine, who run Lush, and Chris Dawson, the...

01: 7 Bone | The Restaurant Man

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Rich and Matt start up an edgy burger restaurant in Southampton. London restaurateu...

Business Studies (2011) | GCSE Bitesize Revision

A Bitesize guide to business studies featuring Lord Sugar, Deborah Meaden and Saira Khan. The panel of experts guides viewer...

Rule 2: Perfecting your presentation | Dragons' Den

Joe Lycett gives a humourous rundown on how to perfect your presentation with some mixed examples from the show.

Entrepreneurship (2) | Peter Jones Meets...

Social and ethical stance when setting up a business

06: The Nook on the Square | The Restaurant Man

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Russell helps two sisters from Rugby who can't cook and have no pro...

03: Salt Bar | The Restaurant Man

Restaurateur Russell Norman helps newcomers to the trade. Debbie in Macclesfield sinks her nest egg into a Swedish restaurant, but she does...

S14E07: Urban Gardening | The Apprentice

Lord Sugar sets the candidates a gardening task. The teams must set up their own urban gardening business, carrying out commercial a...

Rule 1: Have an investment worthy product | Dragons' Den

Joe Lycett gives a humourous rundown on how to perfect your presentation with some mixed examples from the show.

00: Peter Jones: How We Made Our Millions | Peter Jones Meets...

Dragons' Den star Peter Jones meets two of the country's most successful entrepreneurs, Richard Reed and Mic...

Real-life Del Boy | Peter Jones Meets

Owner of home store "The Range", discusses his savvy business tactics that he learnt through being a street market trader.

VR and Robotics | Dragons' Den

Dragons Den hopeful pitches his business of robotics but falls down due to the expense and time the idea requires

Travel towel pitch | Dragons' Den

Two entrepreneurs pitch their towel business to the dragons, who are concerned about their lack of competitors and how that many affect the...

The considerations and planning needed for a sucessful business | The Restaurant Man

Restaurateur Russell Norman finds a number of flaws with a new Scandinavian restraint id...

The restaurant trade | The Restaurant Man

Restaurateur Russell Norman guides two new entrepreneurs on what they need to do with their £100,000 investment to achieve a succes...

Entrepreneurship (1) | Peter Jones Meets...

Rewards of entrepreneurship

What is the stock market? | BBC News Now

How the stock market created and what it means?

Self storage competition | Business Boomers

A new player emerges in the self storage game, one that offers pickup and drop-off to rival the big players.

Unethical business behaviours | Wake Up to Money

Superdry v Shein. Superdry boss Julian Dunkerton discusses fast fashion giant Sheins ethics. Are they dodging tax and are t...

Business Growth Diversification | Inside the Superbrands

Heinz entering the food delivery market is an example of a diversification strategy

The Secrets of Cadbury's | Dispatches

As Easter approaches, Dispatches investigates the story behind the takeover of Britain's most famous chocolate brand.

Coffee Shops and the UK | Business Boomers

Two American ex-pats saw an opportunity in London to provide decent coffee to Britons; an opportunity that Starbucks would be quic...

Starbucks evolution | Business Boomers

How Starbucks won the world over with their business concept of a coffee shop as a "third place" after home and work.

Entering new markets - Market Development (Ansoffs matrix) | BBC News

Tesla diversifying into Robots

Business Growth | Inside the Superbrands

How product development responds to consumer trends

Coffee options | Business Boomers

With all the different options for coffee, raw materials and other spends increase only slightly but the profit margins triple.

Episode 1 | Flatpack Empire

IKEA is one of the world's most successful and recognisable brands. In a major new 3-part series our cameras travel the world to discover the sec...

03: Amazon's Retail Revolution | Business Boomers

Documentary series on businesses that have boomed despite tough economic times. This episode reveals how Amazon has grown f...

02: Real Storage Wars | Business Boomers

A look at businesses that have boomed despite tough economic times. This episode discovers why Britain came to have the biggest self...

The growth of storage | Business Boomers

The clip looks at how storage facilities have taken off in the UK. Why land for warehouses costs less, and how this has been used by...

Growth | Peter Jones Meets...

Diversification stratgey

Ethics | Peter Jones Meets...

Profit v ethics

Product Development Strategy | Talking Business

Product design reflecting social wellness trends

The UK cereal market | The Foods that Make Billions

An insight into the competitive British cereal market where 700 cereals compete for our cash.

Small business in storage | Business Boomers

Due to the boom of the internet and high retail rents, 42% of all storage units are used for the operations of small businesses.

The self-storage business | Business Boomers

A short guide on how self-storage stores are so profitable.

Coffee Margins | Business Boomers

Lush's business principles | Peter Jones Meets

The owners of Lush discuss their principles and the opposition to "green-washing".

Approach to staffing | Peter Jones Meets...

Treating staff as an asset

Performance related pay | The Bottom Line

Interesting topic to debate, should we all be able to see what others are paid? Is performance related pay a good idea?

Non-financial motivation | Just Business?

Working conditions, training and varied experience rather than pay. Hygiene factors.

New ways of working | Panorama

Charity campaigning for workers rights. Links to productivity and working from home since Covid changed working patterns.

Strike action and Pay rises | Talking Business

How the worlds workforce is worse off, with employees putting more effort in and gaining less back. The impact of strike actio...

Are managers crucial for businesses? | The Bottom Line

The podcast hears from 3 different sides on whether managers are crucial or unnecessary in a business.

CEO wages | Talking Business

Discussion on the CEO value, wages and Elon Musk explaining the importance of a CEO.

The working week | The Bottom Line

Discussion on whether a 4 day week would benefit production, employees and employers. A shorter working week and its advantages are debated.

Treating staff as a cost (HARD HR) | Just Business?

Treating staff as a resource and not satsifying emotional needs.

Treating staff as an aset (SOFT HR) | Just Business?

Motivating staff by meeting their esteem needs through communication and teamwork,

Leadership | Just Business?

Giving credit, not taking credit.

A Four Day Week: Less Work for More People? | The Bottom Line

Evan Davis explores if working the traditional five-day week could be replaced by working four eight-hour days....

Unbossing: Can We Work Without Managers? | The Bottom Line

Can businesses operate without managers? It's an idea Amazon and Meta are exploring. Evan hears from the leaders o...

Pay: What If You Knew What Your Colleagues Earned? | The Bottom Line

Most of us would love to know what our colleagues earn, but would lifting the lid on salaries spark rese...

Hiring ex-offenders | Peter Jones Meets

CEO of Timpson's interviews some offenders for roles in his company and explains why its such a success.

Job titles and department names | Peter Jones Meets

Owner of Timpson's talks about why he's changed the names of HR and how people get to decide their job title.

Running Timpson's | Peter Jones Meets

Owner John describes how he has always had to adapt to change and how visiting his stores keeps them ticking.

Jojo Maman Bebe and team values | Peter Jones Meets

Owner Laura disagrees with Peter about the idea of "deadwood" and that business is not all about money.

Jojo Maman Bebe | Peter Jones Meets

Owner Laura describes the beliefs of the company as well as revealing how personal wealth doesn't interest her.

Mixing business with politics | Peter Jones Meets

Mark and Mo, Lush co-founders, discuss charity within business and if belief systems are PR.

Can the UK save its high street shops? | Politics Live

How online shopping is impacting high street shopping.

Inside the High Street Cyber-Attacks

Who hacked Marks and Spencers and Co-op? We go inside the cyber-attacks that shook the British high street and ask how flaws in digital ...

The Big Mortgage Squeeze | Panorama

The BBC’s cost of living correspondent Colletta Smith meets the homeowners feeling the squeeze as they come off cheaper fixed-rate mortga...

Introduction to the Bank of England | Inside the Bank of England

An overall introduction to the Bank of England's role, responsibilities and objectives.

Independents, chains and corporation tax | Business Boomers

Independent coffee shops still thrive as many of us are put off by big companies, especially when they don't pay ...

Recession-proof coffee | Business Boomers

Unlike many businesses in 2008, coffee proved to be recession proof and indeed Costa decided to expand in 2009/10 and monopolise.

08: The People vs Purdue Pharma | Dopesick

Activists step up the pressure by taking action against Purdue Pharma and the Sacklers - and Richard Sackler's empire is finally i...

07: Black Box Warning | Dopesick

Richard Sackler and Purdue work the system to prevent their drug from being reigned in. Bridget has a breakthrough in her mission, Betsy hit...

06: Hammer the Abusers | Dopesick

Richard Sackler faces a catastrophic challenge to Purdue's bottom line. Bridget takes her fight to the FDA. Finnix is forced to reassess hi...

05: The Whistleblower | Dopesick

With OxyContin abuse spreading across the country, Bridget brings the fight to Purdue. Dr Finnix's position as a practising doctor becomes i...

04: Pseudo-Addiction | Dopesick

Sky-high OxyContin sales are jeopardised by reports of patients becoming addicted as steps are taken to safeguard the reputation of the drug.

03: The Fifth Vital Sign | Dopesick

OxyContin is marketed in ever more aggressive ways as doctors are coaxed into rethinking their approach to patients' pain. Rick and Randy...

02: Breakthrough Pain | Dopesick

OxyContin hits the market as Purdue Pharma's vast influence spreads across the country. Soon enough, patient feedback casts doubts over some...

01: First Bottle | Dopesick

Richard Sackler begins to launch a powerful new painkiller. But is the drug safe enough to be released? Meanwhile, a rural doctor is introduced t...

Our Dementia Choir Sings Again: 02 | Our Dementia Choir with Vicky McClure

Vicky and the choir are joined by pop star Tom Grennan as they sing in front of 20,000 people at S...

Economic factors affecting businesses | Newsnight

The impacts of National insurance increases, increases in public spending and increased borrowing by the government. The li...

Cyber attacks on businesses | Newscast

How cyber attacks are categorised by severity. The devastating impact they have on companies and their network of suppliers.

Impacts of cyber-attacks on businesses (Part 2) | Inside the High Street Cyber-Attacks

M&S has to stop selling online orders due to cyber-attack - costing millions of pounds...

Impacts of cyber-attacks on businesses (Part 1) | Inside the High Street Cyber-Attacks

M&S has to stop selling online orders due to cyber-attack - costing millions of pounds...

Competition in markets (Porters 5 Forces) | BBC News

Tesla competition in electric cars and robotics

01: Doomed Designs | Business Nightmares with Evan Davis

Evan Davis uncovers the scarcely believable stories of how some of the world's most successful businesses have made ...

03: Disastrous Decisions | Business Nightmares with Evan Davis

With top business leaders including Sir Martin Sorrell and Sir Gerry Robinson, Evan Davis analyses deals that ...

Upside-down management | Peter Jones Meets

John reveals some surprising details about his lack of interest in budgets and how much each Timpson's store makes.

History of Timpson's | Peter Jones Meets

John details the turbulent history of buying, selling and shareholders that defines Timpson's past.

Innocent, money and Coca-Cola | Peter Jones Meets...

Richard and Peter discuss some of Innocent's shrewd supplier deals as well as their sale of a stake in the company to Co...