Season 1

E1. The Men Who Crashed the World

Sep 9, 2010 · 43m

Greed and recklessness by the titans of Wall Street triggers the largest financial crash since the Great Depression. It's left to US Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, himself a former Wall Street banker, to try and avert further disaster.

E2. A Global Tsunami

Sep 16, 2010 · 44m

The meltdown's devastation ripples around the world from California to Iceland and China. Facing economic ruin, desperate world leaders are at each other's throats.

E3. Paying the Price

Sep 23, 2010 · 44m

The victims of the meltdown fight back. In Iceland, protesters force a government to fall. In Canada, ripped off autoworkers occupy their plant. And in France, furious union members kidnap their bosses.

E4. After the Fall

Sep 30, 2010 · 44m

Investigators begin to sift through the meltdown's rubble. Shaken world leaders question the very foundations of modern capitalism while asking: could it all happen again?