When Rover Met BMW
When Rover Met BMW is a five-part documentary series produced by the BBC in 1996. German motor company BMW had bought Rover in 1994 and the series follows the sometimes fraught relationship between the two.
Overview[edit]
Episode one, Don't Mention The War, covers the launch of the Rover 200, analyses the press coverage this generated and also shows the reaction to BMW's appointment of a new chairman for Rover. The title of the first episode is a Basil Fawlty quote from the comedy series Fawlty Towers. By the final episode, Undercover Operations, Rover's chief executive, John Towers, has resigned and BMW have reshuffled the Rover board.[1]
List of episodes[edit]
- Don't Mention The War (first broadcast 5 November 1996)
- Identity Crisis (first broadcast 12 November 1996)
- A Job For Life (first broadcast 19 November 1996)
- Bonding (first broadcast 26 November 1996)
- Undercover Operations (first broadcast 3 December 1996)
References[edit]
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | WHEN ROVER MET BMW". 12 November 2007. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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