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Pile It High, Sell It Cheap

  • Episode aired Jan 20, 2005
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Ian Fleming and Geoffrey Boothroyd in Timeshift (2002)
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The rise and rise of the British supermarket, and the price we paid for the dream it sold us.The rise and rise of the British supermarket, and the price we paid for the dream it sold us.The rise and rise of the British supermarket, and the price we paid for the dream it sold us.

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    • Tamsin Greig
    • Peter Asquith
    • Joanna Blythman
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    Joanna Blythman
    • Self - Author: 'Shopped'
    Jack Cohen
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    Pauline Green
    • Self - Chief Executive, Co-Operatives UK
    • (as Dame Pauline Green)
    Audrey Kirby
    • Self - Retail Historian
    Ian MacLaurin
    • Self - Tesco 1959-1997
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    George Monbiot
    George Monbiot
    • Self - Author: 'Captive State'
    Alan Sainsbury
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    Andrew Seth
    • Self - Author: 'The Grocers'
    Bridget Williams
    • Self - Author: 'Sainsbury's: The Best Butler in the World'
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