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Question Time: Do I pay tax if I sell on eBay? How to start a credit score? Plus, how a budget can change your life!
Martin Lewis takes your questions on anything and everything (within reason!)
26 Oct 2026,·53 mins
Red box day
Our panel of experts share their thoughts with Sean Farrington ahead of the Budget.
28 Oct 2026,·52 mins
Unlocking the North
How do you get good economic growth going across every postcode in the north of England?
22 Oct 2026,·41 mins
Chancellor Choices and Lost Pensions
How might the chancellor help people with the cost of living in Wednesday’s Budget?
24 Oct 2026,·24 mins
The New Narcos
8. The Red Notebook
A red notebook in the back of a car might finally reveal the killer in Almere.
01 Oct 2026,·33 mins
Africa's biggest ever IPO
Africa’s “People’s IPO” of Nigeria’s Dangote Refinery closes today.
27 Oct 2026,·26 mins
What do France's protests reveal about its economy?
From burning cars to living standards, we explore the economics behind France's unrest
28 Oct 2026,·17 mins
Episode 3: The Politics
What are the politics behind tax policy?
03 Nov 2025,·42 mins
Renault CEO: French Unrest & Europe's Moment of Reckoning
Francois Provost on the Chinese threat to carmakers, UK/ EU ties & French unrest.
19 Oct 2026,·35 mins
Series 1
Coffins Full of Car Keys
Why we have interest rates, how we misunderstand them - and a curious coffin connection.
29 Aug 2018,·26 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
Episode 2
Stephanie Flanders continues her search for growth in Britain's economy.
22 Mar 2011,·30 mins
How to find your cheapest petrol station
A new development on Google apps means you can find the cheapest petrol station near you.
08 Oct 2026,·8 mins
The Shift
Martin Wolf of the FT examines how global economics needs to adapt in an uncertain world.
21 Nov 2011,·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
DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis
‘Just because you passionately believe in it, that doesn't make it a good idea’.
12 Feb 2021,·28 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
Omnibus Episode 2
Anthropologist David Graeber explores the ways debt has shaped society over 5,000 years.
05 Aug 2016,·58 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
Monsters
Michael goes to Cambridge, where Keynes conjured the spectre of 'animal spirits'.
30 Mar 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
5. The £10 Billion Fridge
Dan Neidle unpacks the bizarre, brilliant and unexpected ways tax shapes our world.
04 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Hunting the Truth
Were the banks telling the truth about their role in the financial crash of 2008?
04 Mar 2022,·14 mins
Married and work together: Priya and Sanjay
Priya and Sanjay Bowry talk to Harleen Nottay about running a drinks business together.
26 Oct 2026,·30 mins
Wills and Inheritance Tax
Financial phone-in. Paul Lewis and guests answer queries about wills and inheritance tax.
29 Apr 2015,·30 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
Still in Business
How some businesses survived lockdown – at least this far.
24 Sep 2020,·28 mins
Cinderella
Writer Lucy Mangan turns to fairy tales in a search for literary solutions to the economy.
29 Aug 2014,·15 mins
Turkey - Beyond the Silk Road
Jim O'Neill asks if Turkey's future still depends on its advantageous location.
09 Jan 2014,·42 mins
Brexit, trade and Trump
What's in store for 2020?
21 Dec 2019,·26 mins
