The Bottom Line with Evan Davis

So how do you market products that many people disapprove of? These companies, selling drugs and sex toys, are testing our morals and the regulations set up to protect them. Evan Davis discusses with his guests : Jean Rasbridge, founder E Cigarettes Direct Andy Williams, co-founder Medicine Man Denver Neal Slateford, co-founder LoveHoney

Bitcoins, computer-generated crypto-currency, are the subject for discussion. What can you buy with them, how did the bitcoin craze begin and does the world really need another currency? Evan Davis's guests are from new companies hoping to cash in - one trades bitcoins, another stores them and the third enables you to spend them online. Contributors are: Marc Warne, Bittylicious Nicolas Cary, Blockchain Moe Levin, Bitpay

Can businesses be protected from Hackers? Many companies now feel besieged by constant attacks and few haven't been targeted. In the first of the award-winning series Evan Davis and guests discuss the anatomy of a cyber attack. Guests Richard Knowlton, Group Corporate Security Director, Vodafone Rashmi Knowles, Chief Security Architect, RSA Seth Berman, Executive MD, Stroz Friedberg Producer : Sally Abrahams

What do the seriously wealthy do with their money? How do they preserve or spend their multi-million or even billion pound fortunes? Evan Davis meets the people helping the world's wealthy elite manage their lives, invest their money and donate to good causes Guests: Richard Wilson, CEO, Billionaire Family Office Karen Clark, Director and Head of Private Clients, SandAire Lucy Challenger, Manager, Bespoke Bureau Producer: Sally Abrahams

New energy companies are breaking into a market dominated by big established firms and turning up the heat but how do they go about the challenge of taking on established companies? Evan Davis talks prices, customer service and green energy with guests: Dale Vince, Founder and CEO, Ecotricity Stephen Fitzpatrick, Founder and Managing Director, Ovo Energy Ann Robinson, Director of Consumer Policy at uSwitch.com

Corporate turnaround and transformational tales. Evan Davis and guests discuss how companies fail, struggle and find their way again. Guests: Bruno Cercley, CEO of Rossignol Group Harriet Green OBE, CEO of Thomas Cook Group Martyn Gibbs, CEO of Game Retail Ltd

Chocolate is a big business as well as a delicious indulgence. Evan Davis and guests discuss cocoa, chocolate and how to feed a global sweet tooth. Guests: Jonathan Horrell, Director of Global Sustainability of Mondelez International Sophi Tranchell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate Kojo Amoo-Gottfried, Country Director of Cargill Ghana

If you want to look better, feel better, perform better, there's no shortage of help available. Whether it's cosmetic surgery, fitness programmes, diets and self-help books there's plenty of choice. But do they promise the world and fail to deliver? Evan Davis and guests discuss the industry of making your life better. Guests: John Ryan, Founder and Chairman, Make Yourself Amazing Carole Tonkinson, Publisher, Harper NonFiction Jon Congdon, President and Co-Founder, Beachbody.com

Business leaders spend their lives climbing the corporate ladder, so what happens when it is time to step off? Evan Davis and guests discuss life after CEO. Guests: Robert Polet, former CEO of Gucci Group Kate Wilson, former MD of Scholastic UK, Managing Director of Nosy Crow Lord Browne of Madingley, former Chief Executive of BP

Successful TV formats like Big Brother, Pop Idol, X-Factor and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire are part of a multi-billion pound global industry. But how can you protect such a valuable asset? Evan Davis finds out from those at the top of this lucrative international business. Guests: Charlie Parsons, Creator of Survivor and CEO, Castaway Television Productions Louise Pederson, Managing Director, all3media international Ricardo Pereira, TV Globo Director for Europe

Business school or school of life? An MBA from a top business school is what defines many of today's high powered CEOs but can real world acumen be just as good? Evan Davis discusses with his guests: Colin Drummond, Chairman of Viridor and Harvard MBA graduate Kim Winser, former CEO of Pringle, now CEO of Winser London Glenn Sykes, Associate Dean of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, London

The “sharing” economy is built around renting our possessions to strangers sharing our homes, cars, bikes, clothes, tools and much more besides. As entrepreneurs pile in, how much money can be made and is that the point anyway? In the first of a new series Evan Davis is joined by Ali Clabburn, Founder, Liftshare; Even Heggernes, UK & Ireland Country Manager, Airbnb and Fiona Disegni, Founder, Rentez-Vous

In the UK and around the world Decorating your home is big business but who sets the trends? In China and India the home decor market is evolving fast - but will the result be a global homogenous style? Evan Davis and guests discuss the volatile world of design. Guests: Kelly Hoppen, founder Kelly Hoppen Interiors Andrew Graham, CEO Graham and Brown Lois Jacobs, Global CEO Fitch

Shipping is changing: vessels and ports are getting bigger and competition for trade is coming from the Far East. Evan Davis and guests from the world of shipping discuss how ports are run and how the shipping business manages the risk of accidents and piracy. Guests: James Cooper – CEO of Associated British Ports. , a private company which owns and runs 21 ports in the UK. Kenneth MacLeod – Chairman of Stena Line UK and President of the UK Chamber of Shipping. Rupert Atkin - CEO of Talbot Underwriting and Chairman of the Lloyd's Market Association.

How do you plan for the future? Planning for infrastructure projects - in the UK and overseas - all require assumptions and predictions about the future. Evan Davis and guests discuss the problems and pitfalls of planning for the long view. Guests: Alison Munro, CEO HS2 Tushar Prabhu, co-owner, Pell Frischmann Richard Deakin, CEO NATS