A devastating terrorist strike wipes out much of Saudi Arabia's oil production; the same day a trader of Saudi origin disappears from English investment bank Sun First Credit (SFCB). Managers soon discover the missing trader, Samir Badr, has built up crippling debts, multiplied a hundred-fold by the attacks in Saudi. SFCB, once the toast of the city, suddenly heads for bankruptcy, taking a whole raft of other banks down with it. The resulting market crash and banking crisis will push Britain and the US into a 21st century recession. Will Britain be able to recover?
Tim Pigott-Smith
Mansour Abou Chahine
Katherine Igoe
Mark Hyde
George Potts
Will Ashcroft
Kirsty Dillon
Roger Barclay
Nigel Williams
Caroline Lintott
Amani Zain
Roger Parrott
Aziz Al Naib
Lynne Verrall
Mike Hayward
Jeremy Booth
Dean Knowsley
Jeff Randall
Pauline Neville-Jones
Adam Boulton
Martin Bashir
Andy Bell
Tony Blair
George W. Bush
Nick Leeson
Osama bin Laden
Gordon Brown
Gerhard Schröder