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A Question of Confidence

A glimpse into the world of clearing banks from an era when even transactions involving millions of pounds were carried out using cheques. (1964)

A glimpse into the world of clearing banks from an era when even transactions involving millions of pounds were carried out using cheques. This programme looks at how much high finance depends on good faith and confidence in the banking system, as actual transfers of funds between banks only happen on the basis of the total value of cheques accrued at the end of each working day. There is also an unintentionally amusing sequence about methods of thwarting bank robbers. (1964)

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Tue 28 Apr 1964 20:00
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Tony Garnett, the programme's narrator, is better known as the producer of such ground-breaking dramas as Cathy Come 蜜芽传媒 and Kes. During the early years of his career he was an actor, hence his role here as narrator. AA Englander has been described as 'the father of 蜜芽传媒 Television's corps of film cameramen'. His credits include programmes as various and iconic as Quatermass and the Pit and Civilisation.

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