Bank of Dave (2012)

It's Dave versus the Goliaths of the banking world as Channel 4 follows one man's attempt to revolutionise how people bank.

David Fishwick is so fed up with the way that the banks are treating people he's decided to open his own tiny bank to serve his local community in Burnley and help the people the banks have turned down. Dave's plan is to open an old fashioned bank and be a hands-on bank manager giving good rates to borrowers and savers alike. Instead of bankers' bonuses, Dave plans for any profits to go to local charities, but he soon discovers that this simple plan is not as straightforward as he thought it would be.

1/2 - How to Open a Bank
In the first episode Dave learns about how banks operate. Almost everyone he meets in banking tells Dave to forget the idea. But the people of Burnley still support him and Dave presses ahead anyway.

Together with help from local businesses and tradesmen Dave turns a tiny old flower shop into Burnley's very own 'bank' and has a grand opening.

From a busker needing a loan for a new amplifier to a tropical fish store, Dave meets people in the community who until now have been unable to borrow money.

The money begins pouring out of the 'bank' - and it starts to make a real difference to the town, but not much is coming in.

File Size (in bytes)...: 408,315,904 bytes
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Interleave ............: 40 ms

2/2 - Time for a Change
David takes to the road in his battle-bank - a converted minibus, complete with its own cash machine and safe. He visits the Bank of England, and also meets Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, and former spin-doctor Alastair Campbell.

David Fishwick's tiny 'bank' is finally beginning to help the people of Burnley. He visits some of the businesses he's helped, to see what effect his loans have had and see if the bank has broken even in the first six months of business.

Is there a future for the Bank of Dave?

File Size (in bytes) ..: 409,274,368 bytes
Runtime (# of frames) .: 47:19.000 (70975 frames)
Video Codec ...........: XviD ISO MPEG-4
frame Size ............: 624x352 [=1.773]
FPS ...................: 25.000
Video Bitrate .........: 1015 kb/s
Bits per Pixel ........: 0.185 bpp
B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC ......: [B-VOP]...[]...[]...[]
Audio Codec ...........: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Sample Rate ...........: 48000 Hz
Audio bitrate .........: 128 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR audio
Interleave ............: 40 ms