The Money Programme
5.6
1966
News
Britain's most popular financial and business programme.
-
- Cast:
- Jeremy Clarkson
Episode 8 : Who is buying up Britain?
August. 01,2008
The credit crunch may have put the brakes on the UK economy, but a fast-growing but relatively unknown financial institution may just come to the rescue - the sovereign wealth fund.
Typically owned and run by countries in the Middle and Far East, these funds have huge reserves of cash and they want to invest it.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 7 : The Great British Shares Swindle
March. 21,2008
Britain's 10 million small shareholders are being systematically targeted by an international criminal network of fake investment firms who have conned them out of millions of pounds.
When Dr John Ashley got a letter from Spain offering him free advice on his savings, he thought it wouldn't do any harm to say yes.
How wrong he was. Eighteen months later and £60,000 poorer, Dr Ashley rued the day he listened to Madrid-based investment firm Benjamin Fisher.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 6 : Britain's favourite fakes
February. 15,2008
"Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, interest you in a cheap watch, guv?"
That's the traditional image of fakes, the way it used to be, the spiv with his coat lined with counterfeits.
But things have changed. These days there is nothing that's not being faked; films, fashion, spare parts, drugs, tea bags, cigarettes, even toothpaste. You name it, someone somewhere will be knocking it off.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 4 : Price Comparison Sites: deal or no deal?
December. 05,2008
hey did not exist a decade ago, but now it is estimated that the price comparison website industry is worth more than a billion pounds a year.
When it comes to making financial decisions, from switching energy providers to buying car insurance, more than six million of us log on to them every month.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 2 : Gold Fever
June. 13,2008
The value of gold has been going through the roof. Its price has quadrupled since 1999, and in March this year it reached $1,000 an ounce for the first time.
With uncertainty in the markets and turmoil in the banks, more and more people are turning to gold.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 1 : The Profits of Gloom
June. 06,2008
Despite the credit crunch, increasing inflation and falling house prices, some businesses are reporting record profits.
Pawnbrokers, bailiffs, company liquidators and discount retailers are recording bulging order books and soaring profits.
The boss of Ryanair says the slump is actually good for his business.
Watch Now
Stream in HD