The Fine Art of Bubble-Blowing
- Episode aired May 12, 1975
1720: Tom Mackenzie, a confidence trickster from Scotland, steals a certificate for £100 worth of South Sea Company stock. The craze escalates until even the Government and Royal Family are ... Read all1720: Tom Mackenzie, a confidence trickster from Scotland, steals a certificate for £100 worth of South Sea Company stock. The craze escalates until even the Government and Royal Family are involved and a crash is inevitable.1720: Tom Mackenzie, a confidence trickster from Scotland, steals a certificate for £100 worth of South Sea Company stock. The craze escalates until even the Government and Royal Family are involved and a crash is inevitable.