{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61926927b481c700126c2eb2/63517e38468604001152203d?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Fall of Northern Rock: Part One","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61926927b481c700126c2eb2/1644921937661-83296c998938c08efb7ab6e9aa94a8a1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>For a few weeks in 2007, a small ex-building society in Newcastle became the world's most famous bank as TV news cameras showed customers queuing at branches for their cash. Initially&nbsp;seen as a Victorian throwback, it later became clear that the collapse was a warning of much wider problems to come. As worrying tremors again strike our financial system, Neil and Jonathan ponder the lessons of Northern Rock's failure in the first of a two part series with former chancellor Alistair Darling, ex regulator Howard Davies and banking expert Dan Davies.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.</p><p>With Dan Davies, Alistair Darling and Howard Davies.</p><p>Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.</p><p>Additional editing by Ewan Cameron.</p><p>Sponsored by Briefcase.News</p>","author_name":"Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins"}