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Is Your House TV-Ready?
How your house could end up on TV and make you money.
30 Jan 2026,·5 mins
Christmas Special: Live music, Surviving retail, Finding a job
Sean, Reggie and Fran get together and catch up with previous guests.
21 Dec 2020,·56 mins
Your Money in Shanghai
Credit card mania is on the rise in China but are people living beyond their means?
13 Nov 2013,·44 mins
Amy and Ian
Psychology graduate Amy meets Ian, who survived three years of unemployment in the 1980s.
19 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Birds, Bees and Business - Why Nature Matters (With The Wildlife Trusts and Landsec)
Deborah's barefoot walk, The Wildlife Trusts and one of the country's biggest landlords
14 Apr 2023,·46 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
E-Commerce - The Future
What might happen to e-commerce over the next few years
14 Mar 2002,·13 mins
When Geeks Took Over Poker
Tim Harford tells the story of Chris Ferguson, who applied game theory to poker, and won.
13 Feb 2013,·15 mins
Two 'New Philanthropies'
Hugh contrasts the role of philanthropy today with that of the middle of the 20th century.
26 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Sixties and Beyond
Louise Cooper examines the financial dilemmas faced by retirees today.
24 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
The Shift
Martin Wolf of the FT examines how global economics needs to adapt in an uncertain world.
21 Nov 2011,·30 mins
French Economist Thomas Piketty
Economist Thomas Piketty on the gap between the global rich and poor, tax and capitalism
25 Dec 2014,·55 mins
Michael Robinson investigates the continuing costs of the PPI mis-selling scandal.
25 Mar 2014,·40 mins
Kamal Ahmed asks how far the Bank of England will need to change under its new governor.
11 Dec 2012,·38 mins
Series 2
Poland's Underground Economy
Lucy Ash is in Poland with the young people going underground - in mines and in business.
17 Aug 2012,·15 mins
Simon Read explores the psychological impact on people who fall victim to fraudsters.
31 Aug 2016,·28 mins
Having A Plan
A step by step guide to starting a business, starting with the business plan
05 Apr 2000,·13 mins
Iran, Part Two
Putting the squeeze on the Iranian economy
14 Jun 2007,·22 mins
The Fiscal Fallout
Felicity Hannah chairs a discussion asking what will Covid cost the nation’s economy.
28 Aug 2021,·24 mins
Twenty years after the collapse of Enron, how difficult is it to commit corporate fraud?
03 Aug 2021,·37 mins
Philanthropy is in question as museums and universities grapple with the ethics of gifts.
25 May 2021,·28 mins
Virginia Lapalco
Virginia Lapalco founder of Pasta. A business supplying fresh pasta to shops
27 Aug 1998,·13 mins
19th Century novelist and poet Thomas Love Peacock, nicknamed the 'Laughing Philosopher'
06 Jul 1971,·42 mins
The financial cost of conflict
As western forces bomb Libya, we explore the financial cost of war.
01 Apr 2011,·26 mins
Ehsan Masood examines how science could help prevent future banking crises.
17 Feb 2011,·30 mins
How to Succeed… in the UK
Understanding the culture of your business partners in the UK
05 Jun 2000,·13 mins
Botswana: God Wants You to Be Wealthy
The country's relatively strong economy has created a new breed of consumer
25 Jan 2006,·22 mins
Sophia and Chris
Two women compare coping with the cost of living, 50 years apart.
20 Aug 2022,·28 mins
What has changed 10 years after 2012 Delhi bus rape?
Have reforms in India's rape laws since Delhi gang rape in 2012 really worked?
25 Nov 2022,·26 mins