TV SeriesEnded
Enterprise
1981 4 seasons en
Half-hour program on the "real-life adventure" of big business. Newsman Eric Sevareid, who served as host, described the series as neither "chamber of commerce boosterism" nor anti-establishment; rather, "an effort to report how various industrial sectors actually work."
Cast
Eric Sevareid
Self - Host
Episodes
4 seasons available
- S0 · E1E1
John DeLorean: The End of the Road
Nov 11, 1982A look under the hood of John DeLorean's ill-fated dream, in this updated edition of the 1981 episode Start-Up.
- S0 · E2E2
Space Salvage
Oct 24, 1984When two communications satellites were lost in space in early 1984, an earthbound drama with staggering financial consequences began. The accident, its ramifications, and the bold plan to save one of the satellites are chronicled.
E3Satellites Lost and Found
Jan 23, 1985 28mNASA's successful use of the space shuttle to recover two space satellites is updated to include actual footage of the November 1984 mission.
E4Billion Dollar Day
Feb 19, 1986 29mCameras follow three currency traders in Hong Kong, London, and New York through a single day's wheeling and dealing. Also aired on BBC as an episode of Commercial Breaks.
E5Battle of the Blimps
Apr 16, 1986 29mGoodyear and England's Airship Industries compete for U.S. military contracts for surveillance blimps.
E6Embargo
Aug 27, 1986 29mExamining the business and political repercussions of the trade embargo between the United States and Nicaragua, focusing on bananas.
E7Run for the Money
Nov 5, 1986 29mWhy corporate sponsors of the 1986 Boston Marathon chose to invest their money in America's oldest amateur athletic event.
