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Nov 28, 2024 25 min

Toast - Series 4: Dan-Air

from Sliced Bread Hosted by BBC Radio 4

Dan-Air was one of Britain's biggest airlines and took millions of people on their first package holidays. So, why did such a successful business end up 'toast'? The BBC Business journalist, Sean Farrington, and the entrepreneur, Sam White look into it. They are joined by: -Graham Simons - Dan-Air historian and author of the book 'The Spirit of Dan-Air' -Jackie Stacey & James Hoffmeister - former Dan-Air cabin crew Produced by Jon Douglas. Toast is a BBC Audio North production for BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. You can email the programme at [email protected] Feel free to suggest topics which could be covered in future episodes. Sliced Bread returns for a new batch of investigations in December, where Greg Foot investigates so-called wonder products to find out whether they really are the best thing since sliced bread. In the meantime, Toast is available in the Sliced Bread feed on BBC Sounds

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