Storyville Catch up, Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight on BBC 4

Storyville

Carlos Ghosn: The Last Flight

In December 2019, Carlos Ghosn, former CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, charged with financial crimes, stunned the world by fleeing Japan in a box supposedly containing a priceless cello. It was an audacious Hollywood-worthy escape. With exclusive access to Ghosn himself, this gripping Storyville documentary charts the rise and fall of a superstar CEO from celebrated industry leader to wanted fugitive, exploring themes of corporate greed, ruthlessness, vanity and racism. \n\nBorn in Brazil, raised in Lebanon and educated in France, Ghosn personified the globalized free-trade system he built his career on. He came to prominence in 1999, when he led one of the most improbable turnarounds in corporate history and saved Nissan from bankruptcy. The first businessman to serve simultaneously as CEO for two Fortune 500 companies, he attained a level of celebrity status in Japan seldom bestowed on chief executives. Fans asked for autographs, a comic book on his life became a best-seller, he was invited to talk shows, and other businessmen envied his success. But he was also representative of the bloated excesses of corporate CEOs. After his sudden arrest by Japanese authorities, his detractors painted a picture of a visionary leader turned despot who took advantage of his position of power for personal gain.\n

Source: BBC 4

Most recent episodes of Storyville

Storyville

The Farthest: Voyager's Interstellar Journey

Twelve billion miles away a tiny spaceship is leaving our solar system and entering the void of deep space. It is the first human-made object ever to do so. Slowly dying within ...

07-07-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Dogs Of War

A Storyville documentary that tells the untold story of a seemingly ordinary Englishman who spent more than 40 years as a mercenary, fighting other people’s wars for money ...

28-04-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Speechless: 2. The Pendulum Swings

This two-part documentary is a personal journey by award-winning film-maker Ric Esther Bienstock that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversatio ...

21-04-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Speechless: 1. The New Campus Revolution

This two-part documentary is a personal journey by award-winning film-maker Ric Esther Bienstock that delves into the heart of the culture wars and freedom of speech conversatio ...

14-04-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

André Is An Idiot

A Storyville documentary that follows André, who, despite receiving a terminal diagnosis, is determined to die with humour, curiosity and defiance.

07-04-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Three Dads And A Baby

This intimate and pioneering documentary explores a three-way relationship and a radically different approach to fatherhood. In Norway, trans people were subjected to forced ste ...

31-03-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Khartoum

A Storyville documentary, set against the backdrop of conflict in Sudan, that follows five Khartoum residents as they search for freedom amid revolution and war.

24-03-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Portrait Of A Confused Father

Filmed over more than 20 years, this deeply personal documentary charts an extraordinary father–son relationship that takes an unexpected and tragic turn.\n\nNorwegian fil ...

17-03-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Mistress Dispeller

An intimate and candid film that follows the course of an extramarital affair in modern China from the perspectives of the couple, the mistress and the woman hired to save the m ...

10-03-2026

BBC 4

All episodes

Storyville

Red Light To Limelight

In a red-light district of Kolkata, a group of women reclaim their voices through the power of storytelling.\n\nGiven unprecedented access, this film follows Rabin, Bilkis, Afsa ...

03-03-2026

BBC 4

All episodes