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Make £1,000s from switching bank? | Will government back track on Plan 2 Student Loan hike
Martin Lewis on the best bank account for you and Plan 2 Student Loans.
09 Jul 2026,·67 mins
Making Tax Digital Deadline and Cheques
Furniture makers and composers among those making ready for Making Tax Digital
11 Jul 2026,·24 mins
Does playing tennis make you live 9.7 years longer?
Should we all take up tennis? We delve into the evidence on its life-extending powers
11 Jul 2026,·8 mins
Imposter Syndrome
Why do so many capable people still feel like frauds, despite clear evidence of success?
09 Jul 2026,·33 mins
Arthur's Fery-tale ending?
Felicity Hannah explores the earning power of reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon.
10 Jul 2026,·52 mins
#48 Lloyds Banking Group CEO: The End of Halifax and the Future of Bank Branches
Charlie Nunn discusses Halifax closure, the future of bank branches and UK growth
08 Jul 2026,·56 mins
Still in the game?
Hard times in the gaming industry following announcements of more lay-offs.
10 Jul 2026,·26 mins
Taking Stock: Is Trump happier with Nato on defence spending?
Nato countries agree to greater defence spending despite stretched public finances
10 Jul 2026,·23 mins
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Cheap British Beer
The story of money and humanity reaches a run on the punt and the rise of M-PESA.
15 Nov 2024,·14 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
World Cup: Preeti Shokar
Preeti Shokar tells Harleen Nottay about making a career out of football beyond playing.
06 Jul 2026,·30 mins
Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
22 Jul 2021,·18 mins
Sophia and Chris
Two women compare coping with the cost of living, 50 years apart.
20 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 2011,·30 mins
18. Series 1 Debrief
What we've learnt throughout the series.
10 Feb 2020,·24 mins
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 mins
Episode 4
In the wake of Covid-19, what does the future hold?
02 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Mumbai
Hardeep tests his talents at the Mumbai Comedy Store.
07 Oct 2011,·30 mins
Having A Plan
A step by step guide to starting a business, starting with the business plan
05 Apr 2000,·13 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
The pub is dead! Long live the micropub!
British pubs have been closing down but a new type of pub - the micropub - is popping up.
15 Feb 2020,·26 mins
Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
04 Mar 2022,·14 mins
Episode 2
Michael Portillo asks whether free-market capitalism is a broken system.
04 Oct 2011,·45 mins
Going for Growth
How might the most important idea for business change and adapt in the next decade?
31 Jan 2025,·14 mins
Is Your House TV-Ready?
How your house could end up on TV and make you money.
30 Jan 2026,·5 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
Episode 5
Status. We don’t like to talk about it. Carl Honoré brings it out into the open.
02 Aug 2024,·14 mins
