''Money Box'' is a weekly personal finance radio programme on
BBC Radio 4
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, produced by
BBC News
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, 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.
''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
Subha Nagalakshmi Munchetty-Chendriah (born 25 February 1975), also known as Naga Munchetty, is a British television presenter, newsreader and journalist. She regularly presents ''BBC Breakfast''. She is also a former presenter of BBC World Ne ...
.
A related
phone in
In broadcasting, a phone-in or call-in is a programme format in which viewers or listeners are invited to air their live comments by telephone, usually in respect of a specific topic selected for discussion on the day of the broadcast. On radi ...
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.
''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''.
Typical financial topics
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Credit crunch
A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze, credit tightening or credit crisis) is a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks. A credit cr ...
*
Credit cards
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Pension
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s
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Individual Savings Account (ISA)
See also
* ''
You and Yours'', also on Radio 4, also includes much about personal finance, fraud and
scam
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s.
* ''
Working Lunch'', daily on
BBC2
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until July 2010
BBC's Working Lunch show to end
BBC News, 23 April 2010
* ''In Business'', also on Radio 4 with company focus
* '' Wake Up To Money'', daily on Radio Five Live (also presented by Paul Lewis in the 1990s) with company focus
References
External links
''Money Box'' homepage
BBC News
''Telegraph'', 19 October 2002
Mortgage Debt in November 2006
YouTube
{{BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 programmes
Personal finance
1977 radio programme debuts