The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC Two which ran between April 1966 and November 2010. It was first broadcast on 5 April 1966 and presented by "commentators" (financial journalists) William Davis, Erskine B. Childers and Joe Roeber. The programme's theme tune was a version of the main title theme from The Carpetbaggers (1964) (which appeared on an album by jazz organist Jimmy Smith). By 1989, the programme was updated with a new theme by George Fenton, but an updated version of the original theme tune was re used again later on.
| The Money Programme | |
|---|---|
 The Money Programme logo as of 2008 | |
| Genre | Finance and business affairs |
| Presented by | Max Flint and Libby Potter |
| Opening theme | Main Title from The Carpetbaggers |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 5 April 1966 – 9 November 2010 |
The programme used a magazine style starting in the 1980s, but changed to a single subject documentary in 2001.[1] 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.[2] 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 on 3 November 1972.[3]
Presenters
editFormer presenters
edit- James Bellini
- Michael Charlton
- Erskine B. Childers
- Adrian Chiles
- Nick Clarke
- Rajan Datar
- William Davis
- Maya Even
- Peter Hobday
- Peter Jay
- Donald MacCormick
- Michael Robinson
- Joe Roeber
- Valerie Singleton
- Hugh Stephenson
- Alan Watson
- Brian Widlake
Interviewees
edit- Jeff Bezos
- Lord Black of Crossharbour
- Tony Blair
- Michael Bloomberg
- Sir Richard Branson
- Lord Browne of Madingley
- Shiatzy Chen
- Stuart Lowry
- Michael Dell
- Michael Eisner
- Larry Ellison
- Sir Rocco Forte
- Bill Gates
- Sir Chris Gent
- Sir James Goldsmith[4]
- 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
- Björn Ulvaeus
- Robin Winter[5]
References
edit- ^ Holmwood, Leigh (3 September 2008). "BBC's Money Programme series to become one-off specials". The Guardian.
- ^ BBC – Press Office – Money Programme is first BBC show to broadcast in Second Life
- ^ recorded 4 December 1971) (2 November 1972). "The Money Programme". Monty Python's Flying Circus. Season 3. Episode 29. BBC. BBC One.
- ^ "Predators vs Aliens II", Adam Curtis "The Medium and the Message" BBC blog, 20 July 2010
- ^ BBC – Press Office – Money Programme is first BBC show to broadcast in Second Life
External links
edit- The Money Programme at BBC Online
- The Money Programme at BBC Online - Archived page on BBC News
- The Money Programme partnership with Open University
- BBC's Money Programme series to become one-off specials (The Guardian)