The Money Programme
| The Money Programme | |
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 The Money Programme logo as of 2008 |
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| Genre | Finance & Business Affairs |
| Presented by | Max Flint & Libby Potter |
| Opening theme | Main Title from The Carpetbaggers |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | BBC2 |
| Original run | 5 April 1966 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two.
It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis, Erskine Childers and Joe Roeber. At this time David Attenborough was the controller of BBC2. The programme has a memorable theme tune, a version of the main title theme from The Carpetbaggers film by Lalo Schifrin (which appeared on an album by jazz organist Jimmy Smith.)
Since the start the programme used a magazine style, but changed to a single subject documentary in 2001. More recently the programme has formed a partnership with the Open University Business School. The Open University provides input into programmes and supplementary materials written by OU Business School academics).
On 1 June 2007, an episode of the Money Programme called "Virtual World / Real Millions" became the first full BBC programme to have been broadcast inside the virtual world Second Life.[1] That episode featured an interview with Second Life founder and CEO Philip Rosedale amongst others.
This programme was parodied in Series 3 of Monty Python's Flying Circus as the opening sketch of the third episode in that series first airing on the BBC 3 November 1972.[2]
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[edit] Presenters
[edit] Former presenters
- James Bellini
- Michael Charlton
- Erskine Childers[disambiguation needed
] - Adrian Chiles
- Nick Clarke
- Rajan Datar
- William Davis
- Maya Even
- Peter Hobday
- Peter Jay
- Michael Robinson
- Joe Roeber
- Valerie Singleton
- Hugh Stephenson
- Alan Watson
- Brian Widlake
[edit] Interviewees
- Jeff Bezos
- Lord Black of Crossharbour
- Tony Blair
- Michael Bloomberg
- Sir Richard Branson
- Lord Browne of Madingley
- Shiatzy Chen
- Michael Dell
- Michael Eisner
- Larry Ellison
- Sir Rocco Forte
- Bill Gates
- Sir Chris Gent
- Sir James Goldsmith[3]
- Sir Philip Green
- Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou
- Robert Maxwell
- Alexander McQueen
- Lakshmi Mittal
- Rupert Murdoch
- Peter Oakley
- Bernd Pischetsrieder
- Sir Paul Smith
- George Soros
- Sir Alan Sugar
[edit] References
- ^ BBC - Press Office - Money Programme is first BBC show to broadcast in Second Life
- ^ "The Money Programme". recorded 4 December 1971). Monty Python's Flying Circus. BBC. BBC One. 2 November 1972. No. 29, season 3.
- ^ "Predators vs Aliens II", Adam Curtis "The Medium and the Message" BBC blog, 20 July 2010
[edit] External links
- The Money Programme at BBC Online
- The Money Programme partnership with Open University
- BBC's Money Programme series to become one-off specials (The Guardian)
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