The Billion Pound Savings Scandal

60 min BBC1 Documentary

Winner of Best Current Affairs Programme at Royal Television Society North West Awards 2023.

★★★★ The Times - ‘A damning picture of investment fund managers running amok… a true horror story’

★★★★ The Daily Mail - ‘A crucial warning’

The Daily Telegraph - ‘A distressing, important watch’


There aren’t many more contemptible ways to get rich than by draining the life savings of ordinary folk. In 2020 the Blackmore Bond investment fund collapsed, leaving investors high and dry. This documentary unearths a startling trail of offshore money, huge fees, luxurious property and even a phantom head of the KGB.

Part of the Panorama series.

  • Director Andrew Thompson and Luke Mendham
    Producer Luke Mendham
    Exec Producers Mike Lewis

    Nine Lives Media and BBC