
The Stockbroker's World
Top hats, bowler hats and furled umbrellas abound in this portrait of the pre-Big Bang world of the stockbroker and the (now extinct) stockjobber. (1964)
Top hats, bowler hats and furled umbrellas abound in this portrait of the pre-Big Bang world of the stockbroker and the (now extinct) stockjobber. Cameras go onto the trading floor of the old Stock Exchange and watch some very courteous face-to-face trading in action (this has now been replaced by electronic dealing). Interviews with key figures explain the workings of this mysterious and club-like world with its own slang, uniforms and history. The programme is a remarkable record of the institutions, jobs and traditions that were wiped out by the Big Bang in 1986. (1964)
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- Tue 5 May 1964 20:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two except East, South East & Yorkshire
- Sun 4 Oct 1964 14:40
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