The Money Programme

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The Money Programme
Genre Finance & Business Affairs
Presented by Max Flint & Libby Potter
Opening theme Main Theme from the Carpetbaggers
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Language(s) English
Broadcast
Original channel BBC 2
Original run 5 April 1966 –
External links
Official website

The Money Programme is a finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2.

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 distinctive theme tune, called "Main Theme from the Carpetbaggers", from the film The Carpetbaggers.

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).

The programme was satirized by the Monty Python troupe in episode 29, with Eric Idle as host, who displays an obvious affinity for money so intense that he goes into orgasmic hysterics describing it and then literally sings and dances about how much he loves money, complete with a crossdressing chorus line.

On 1 June 2007 an episode of the Money Programme called 'Virtual World / Real Millions' became the first[citation needed] full BBC programme to be broadcast inside the virtual world 'Second Life'. That episode featured an interview with Second Life founder and CEO Philip Rosedale amongst others.

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