One of the richest men in Britain, Guy Hands, has ridden over the hill promising to save ailing music company EMI. 

 

Guy has bet the farm on the takeover, in the middle of a global financial crisis, and is taking the biggest gamble of his life. As he takes the keys he is appalled by the corporate waste and extravagance and starts to swing the axe. This triggers an almighty clash between 

 

the money men and the musical old guard. The suits and the creatives dig in for a long war… Featuring interviews with Guy Hands, Neil Tennant, Tony Wadsworth, Caryn Tomlinson, David Kassler 

 

Host: Chris Atkins
Producer; Max Bower

Assistant Producer: Mohamed Ahmed

Editor: Jo Wheeler 

Researcher: Zeyana Yussuf

Additional production and story development: Sonny Marr

Sound design and Mix by Daniel Kempson. 

Original music by Vincent Watts

Production Managers: Cheree Houston, Charlotte Wolf, Sarah Tobin

Executive Producers: Ian Neil, Max O’Brien & Craig Strachan

Produced by Novel in Association with Cart Before Horse & BBC Studios

 

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One of the richest men in Britain, Guy Hands, has ridden over the hill promising to save ailing music company EMI.&nbsp;
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Guy has bet the farm on the takeover, in the middle of a global financial crisis, and is taking the biggest gamble of his life. As he takes the keys he is appalled by the corporate waste and extravagance and starts to swing the axe. This triggers an almighty clash between&nbsp;
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the money men and the musical old guard. The suits and the creatives dig in for a long war&hellip; Featuring interviews with Guy Hands, Neil Tennant, Tony Wadsworth, Caryn Tomlinson, David Kassler&nbsp;
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Host: Chris Atkins Producer; Max Bower
Assistant Producer: Mohamed Ahmed
Editor: Jo Wheeler&nbsp;
Researcher: Zeyana Yussuf
Additional production and story development: Sonny Marr
Sound design and Mix by Daniel Kempson.&nbsp;
Original music by Vincent Watts
Production Managers: Cheree Houston, Charlotte Wolf, Sarah Tobin
Executive Producers: Ian Neil, Max O&rsquo;Brien &amp; Craig Strachan
Produced by Novel in Association with Cart Before Horse &amp; BBC Studios
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BBC News 2007, BBC Breakfast 2010, BBC - Working Lunch, 2007, BBC News 2008, Bloomberg 2012, Bloomberg News 2009, CNN News 2008

EMI was once home to some of the biggest names in pop, the crown jewels of British music from the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Queen, to Coldplay, Kate Bush and Radiohead, and surfing the wave of Brit Pop in the 1990s.

As a new millennium dawns, internet piracy and file sharing capsize the entire record industry. EMI is sold to a city Mogul named Guy Hands. Better known for turning around German motorway toilets than running a record label, his arrival triggers an all out war between the forces of money and art, as the one of London’s feistiest financiers struggles to save Britain’s coolest company.

Music, Money and Mayhem is a Novel production for BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial subsidiary

EMI was once home to some of the biggest names in pop, the crown jewels of British music from the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Queen, to Coldplay, Kate Bush and Radiohead, and surfing the wave of Brit Pop in the 1990s.
As a new millennium dawns, internet piracy and file sharing capsize the entire record industry. EMI is sold to a city Mogul named Guy Hands. Better known for turning around German motorway toilets than running a record label, his arrival triggers an all out war between the forces of money and art, as the one of London&rsquo;s feistiest financiers struggles to save Britain&rsquo;s coolest company.
Music, Money and Mayhem is a Novel production for BBC Studios, the BBC&rsquo;s commercial subsidiary

Music, Money & Mayhem

Who is Guy Hands, the city mogul who has stepped in to save EMI and taken the biggest gamble of his life?