Home / Series / Channel 5 (UK) Documentaries / Aired Order / Season 2018 / Episode 39

Rolls-Royce: The Rise and Fall of a Great British Brand

The inside story of the engineering company, looking at how the firm founded by Charles Rolls and Henry Royce created the ultimate in luxury car brands and designed the Merlin engine, which was key to the Allied air victory in 1945. But it was also the aero engine division that brought Rolls-Royce down, when the ill-fated RB211 jet caused the company to go bankrupt in 1971.

English
  • Originally Aired June 25, 2018
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Network Channel 5
  • Created June 25, 2018 by
    Administrator admin
  • Modified June 25, 2018 by
    Administrator admin