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Hello, welcome. We're living in an era described by some as a golden age of television

with so many global streaming companies on top of the usual national broadcasters

investing in top quality production. We've even devoted a bottom line to the topic of

television as a business. Well, today we invert that phrase because bottom line to the topic of television as a business.

Well, today we invert that phrase because we want to examine business on television,

the portrayal of the corporate world, enterprise, profit, the workplace, the city, etc, etc.

Now, obviously, one of the most acclaimed drama series ever, Succession, came to an end this year with its cynical,

witty, revealing, gripping and sometimes very moving script, along with its excellent plot

and acting. So this is the year to think about how business is portrayed on the box,

from The Office to Dragon's Den, in which Declaration of Interest, I have a role,

to dramas like Succession, or the HBO BBC production industry, of which more later.

Well, the portrayal of business is where commerce and culture intersect,

so how do writers make a TV product out of business? And what does

the way businesses portrayed say about its image in modern Britain? I have three guests to talk us

through this. Let's meet them now. First up is Dave Fishwick, businessman subject of a Netflix film,

Bank of Dave, and that was based Dave on a documentary series, Bank of Dave.

For people who don't know, just tell us what the premise was, both the documentary and the movie.

Well, I mean, you was in the documentary.

I was.

I did make a fleeting appearance.

So it's become it won a couple of afters.

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