In this festive edition of Global Infusions, the Toms pore over the enduring real-world influence of science fiction on technology, finding the seeds of the metaverse in Star Trek and Snow Crash, precursors to the iPad and AirPods in 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and inspiration for a modular prosthetic arm called LUKE from…well you probably know where.
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Team17 - Debbie Bestwick MBE
In the third episode of the Stock Exchange series Debbie Bestwick MBE, Non-Executive Director of indie games developer Team17, explains the amazing success of the business, including launching the famous Worms game, creating a company with sustainable growth and what it takes to make great games.


Focusrite - Phil Dudderidge OBE
Having started with just a van and a band and then working as Led Zeppelin’s touring soundman in 1970, Phil Dudderidge OBE has successfully built two companies – Soundcraft Electronics and Focusrite. Using its equipment to record this second episode of the Stock Exchange series, Phil, who is now Non-executive Chairman, tells Victoria Stevens how Focusrite’s growth has been achieved and the challenges of being an entrepreneur.


Domino's - Andrew Rennie
For the first conversation in the Stock Exchanges series, Victoria tucks into Domino’s, which is the largest pizza delivery operator in the world. She discovers the secrets of its success from Andrew Rennie, the Chief Executive of Domino’s Pizza Group, the London listed company that holds the master franchise agreement for the UK and Ireland and has over 1,300 mostly franchised stores under its banner.
