The Money Programme

Run on the Bank: Northern Crock (2007x14)

Air date: Nov 09, 2007

Libby Potter investigates the first run on a British bank for over a century. Northern Rock was once the darling of the City. Now it's a crock struggling for survival as potential buyers circle. How did a regional building society grow to be the fifth largest bank in just a few years- and then fall apart spectacularly in a few days?