Money Box (radio programme)

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*Money Box*
Genre	Talk radio
Running time	30 minutes
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
Home station	BBC Radio 4
Hosted by	Paul Lewis
Produced by	BBC News
Original release	October 1977 (1977-10)
Website	Official website

Money Box is a weekly personal finance radio programme on BBC Radio 4, produced by BBC News, currently presented by Paul Lewis. The programme is broadcast live each Saturday in the half-hour slot just after midday. It is repeated on Sunday evenings just after 9.00pm.^{[citation needed]}

Overview

Money Box began in October 1977 with Louise Botting as presenter, which she continued until 1992, after which Alison Mitchell presented until September 2000. The current presenter is Paul Lewis. He has presented since September 2000, having been a reporter on the programme in the early 1990s. The programme has also been hosted by Naga Munchetty.^[1]

A related phone in programme Money Box Live launched in 1990. It answers listeners' calls and emails on one personal finance topics. Money Box Live is broadcast on Wednesdays in the half-hour slot just after 3.00pm. Vincent Duggleby sometimes presents.^{[citation needed]}

Money Box and Money Box Live are broadcast each week throughout the year except for six weeks from mid-July to late August. A podcast can be downloaded and transcripts and summaries of programmes back to 2000 are available. On the website there is a 'Have Your Say' page which publishes listeners' views on one story from the current week's Money Box.^{[citation needed]}

Typical financial topics

References

^ Money Box BBC Radio 4, 24 July 2010
^ BBC's Working Lunch show to end BBC News, 23 April 2010

External links

Money Box homepage BBC News
Money Box full of change - Paul Lewis looks back over 25 years of our financial life Telegraph, 19 October 2002
Mortgage Debt in November 2006 YouTube

BBC Radio 4

Programmes

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Drama and fiction	The Archers BBC National Short Story Award Book at Bedtime Drama Saturday Drama Short Works
Entertainment	A Good Read Book of the Week Bookclub Brain of Britain Counterpoint Desert Island Discs Loose Ends Pick of the Week Poetry Please Round Britain Quiz Saturday Live The 3rd Degree The Poet Laureate Has Gone To His Shed With Great Pleasure
Factual	All in the Mind Analysis Archive on 4 The Bottom Line Case Notes Costing the Earth Crossing Continents Feedback The Food Programme Front Row Gardeners' Question Time Great Lives In Business In Our Time In Touch Inside Health Inside Science The Kitchen Cabinet Last Word The Life Scientific The Listening Project The Media Show Money Box The Moral Maze More or Less Open Book Reith Lectures Soul Music Start the Week The Reunion Thinking Allowed Tweet of the Day Uncanny Woman's Hour Word of Mouth You and Yours
News and current affairs	Any Answers? Any Questions? Broadcasting House Farming Today File on 4 From Our Own Correspondent PM Today Today in Parliament The Westminster Hour The World at One The World Tonight
Religious	Bells on Sunday Beyond Belief The Daily Service Prayer for the Day Something Understood Sunday Thought for the Day
Other	Radio 4 Appeal Shipping Forecast Test Match Special

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Overview

Typical financial topics

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