Specials
7 episodes · Nov 11, 1982
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- S0E1
John DeLorean: The End of the Road
Nov 11, 1982A look under the hood of John DeLorean's ill-fated dream, in this updated edition of the 1981 episode Start-Up.
- S0E2
Space Salvage
Oct 24, 1984When two communications satellites were lost in space in early 1984, an earthbound drama with staggering financial consequences began. The accident, its ramifications, and the bold plan to save one of the satellites are chronicled.
S0E3Satellites Lost and Found
Jan 23, 198528mNASA's successful use of the space shuttle to recover two space satellites is updated to include actual footage of the November 1984 mission.
S0E4Billion Dollar Day
Feb 19, 198629mCameras follow three currency traders in Hong Kong, London, and New York through a single day's wheeling and dealing. Also aired on BBC as an episode of Commercial Breaks.
S0E5Battle of the Blimps
Apr 16, 198629mGoodyear and England's Airship Industries compete for U.S. military contracts for surveillance blimps.
S0E6Embargo
Aug 27, 198629mExamining the business and political repercussions of the trade embargo between the United States and Nicaragua, focusing on bananas.
S0E7Run for the Money
Nov 5, 198629mWhy corporate sponsors of the 1986 Boston Marathon chose to invest their money in America's oldest amateur athletic event.